https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=183960 Administrative instructions, rather than a statutory rule, governed promotion to Assistant Commissioner, and the note records that a consistent executive practice accepted 8 years' experience where the earlier Office Manual referred to 10 years and used flexible wording. It also explains the promotion scheme under which the Departmental Promotion Committee first fixed the field of choice by running seniority, then excluded officers found unfit, and finally assessed the remaining officers on merit. The note further states that eligibility was to be tested on the date of the Committee's consideration, not by relating it back to earlier ad hoc promotions or vacancy dates. 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 instructions, rather than a statutory rule, governed promotion to Assistant Commissioner, and the note records that a consistent executive practice accepted 8 years' experience where the earlier Office Manual referred to 10 years and used flexible wording. It also explains the promotion scheme under which the Departmental Promotion Committee first fixed the field of choice by running seniority, then excluded officers found unfit, and finally assessed the remaining officers on merit. The note further states that eligibility was to be tested on the date of the Committee's consideration, not by relating it back to earlier ad hoc promotions or vacancy dates. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 05 Nov 1976 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=183960