https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=89992 Promotion quotas governed by a roster are filled according to the running cycle of vacancies, not by preserving a constant source-wise balance after an officer moves to Group A. A promoted officer loses the identity of the feeder category, so a vacancy arising from retirement in the higher cadre is not earmarked again for the same feeder channel. The fixed 6:1:2 quota remains operative until validly amended or freshly determined, and cannot be altered through a miscellaneous application. The challenge to the quota interpretation therefore failed, while implementation directions were issued separately. en-us Mon, 22 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 18 Jul 2014 14:22:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=89992 Promotion quotas governed by a roster are filled according to the running cycle of vacancies, not by preserving a constant source-wise balance after an officer moves to Group A. A promoted officer loses the identity of the feeder category, so a vacancy arising from retirement in the higher cadre is not earmarked again for the same feeder channel. The fixed 6:1:2 quota remains operative until validly amended or freshly determined, and cannot be altered through a miscellaneous application. The challenge to the quota interpretation therefore failed, while implementation directions were issued separately. Case-Laws Central Excise Mon, 22 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=89992