Chandigarh, April 18 -- The Central Administrative Tribunal's (CAT) Chandigarh Bench has upheld the validity of the written examination introduced for promotion to the head constable's rank in the UT Police. It dismissed a batch of applications filed by serving constables.

The order, pronounced on April 2 by a Bench comprising Suresh Kumar Batra and Rashmi Saxena Sahni, came on the applications of Pardeep Kumar and two others. The applicants had challenged the administration's notification dated June 18, 2021, and subsequent circulars which restructured the promotion process. The revised framework earmarks 70% promotions on the basis of seniority-cum-merit, 25% through a B-1 written examination, and 5% under the sports quota.

One of the...