https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=281531 Retrospective amendment of a service rule may be permitted under Article 309, but it cannot extinguish vested promotional rights or operate arbitrarily. The amended Rule 13 of the Indian Statistical Service Rules, 1961, which retrospectively extended reservation in promotional posts, was found to impair the accrued right of senior general category officers to be considered for promotion in seniority order, including when juniors were promoted. That retrospective operation was therefore held unreasonable and violative of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India. en-us Thu, 14 Jul 1994 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 22 Jun 2019 12:03:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=281531 Retrospective amendment of a service rule may be permitted under Article 309, but it cannot extinguish vested promotional rights or operate arbitrarily. The amended Rule 13 of the Indian Statistical Service Rules, 1961, which retrospectively extended reservation in promotional posts, was found to impair the accrued right of senior general category officers to be considered for promotion in seniority order, including when juniors were promoted. That retrospective operation was therefore held unreasonable and violative of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 14 Jul 1994 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=281531