RANCHI, India, March 2 -- Jharkhand High Court issued the following order on Jan. 30:
1. In instant writ application the petitioner has prayed for a direction upon the respondent-authorities to consider the case of petitioner for promotion with due date in respective grades with all consequential benefits in view of the fact that juniors to him in another colliery have been promoted.
2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that as per Company's Rules for Promotion, an employee is entitled for higher promotion in every 4 years of active service but the petitioner was upgraded to Cat.-D (Excavation) under Service Linked Upgradation(SLV) w.e.f. 01.01.2001 vide office order dated 22/23.01.2002, when he was posted at Muraidih Colliery. ...