Promotion

The Supreme Court has restored a 2005 rule relaxation that promoted a Coimbatore municipal engineer, holding that fence-sitters cannot reopen seniority disputes once third-party rights and later promotions have crystallised.

Supreme Court clarifies that seniority must be based on promotion date, not initial appointment, in the V. Vincent Velankanni case.

Supreme Court clarifies the right to be considered for promotion is fundamental, but not an automatic entitlement.