https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=173106 Recruitment and Promotion Rules not made under a statutory rule-making power do not acquire statutory force merely by being called rules; here they operated as non-statutory service guidelines read with the statutory regulations. On that basis, a settlement merging the hardware and software cadres and creating a common seniority list was valid because it did not conflict with any statutory instrument, and the promotions made under that arrangement were upheld. The 50:50 assessment of interview and annual confidential reports in higher managerial selection was also not arbitrary, since merit, suitability, personality and management capacity could lawfully be evaluated through that mix, particularly where the employee participated in the process without protest. en-us Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 02 Nov 2015 08:39:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=173106 Recruitment and Promotion Rules not made under a statutory rule-making power do not acquire statutory force merely by being called rules; here they operated as non-statutory service guidelines read with the statutory regulations. On that basis, a settlement merging the hardware and software cadres and creating a common seniority list was valid because it did not conflict with any statutory instrument, and the promotions made under that arrangement were upheld. The 50:50 assessment of interview and annual confidential reports in higher managerial selection was also not arbitrary, since merit, suitability, personality and management capacity could lawfully be evaluated through that mix, particularly where the employee participated in the process without protest. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=173106