DHARMENDRA KUMAR SINGH & ORS. versus THE HON’BLE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND & ORS.
Since the appellants had qualified the prescribed suitability test (minimum 40 marks), they could not be denied promotion merely because their placement in a merit list was lower; they are entitled to notional promotion from the date other officers on the select list were appointed and to consequential service benefits (seniority, increments, notional pay fixation) but not back wages.
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- Promotion
- Civil judges (senior division)
- Jharkhand superior judicial service
- Suitability test
- Merit-cum-seniority
- Notional promotion