https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=183960 Administrative promotion instructions requiring 10 years' experience for promotion to Assistant Commissioner were modified to 8 years through consistent executive practice because they were not statutory rules and the term "ordinarily" allowed flexibility. The Departmental Promotion Committee was required to determine the field of choice by running seniority, exclude unfit officers, and assess the remainder by merit categories; no threshold merit-based selection or inter se reranking within categories was required. Provisional ad hoc promotions conferred no seniority or future-selection rights, so eligibility was determined on the date of the Committee's consideration under the revised seniority list. en-us Fri, 05 Nov 1976 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 12:48:28 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=183960 Administrative promotion instructions requiring 10 years' experience for promotion to Assistant Commissioner were modified to 8 years through consistent executive practice because they were not statutory rules and the term "ordinarily" allowed flexibility. The Departmental Promotion Committee was required to determine the field of choice by running seniority, exclude unfit officers, and assess the remainder by merit categories; no threshold merit-based selection or inter se reranking within categories was required. Provisional ad hoc promotions conferred no seniority or future-selection rights, so eligibility was determined on the date of the Committee's consideration under the revised seniority list. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 05 Nov 1976 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=183960