https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=289186 An employee's promotion could not be denied where the criminal acquittal was on merits and the contemplated departmental enquiry was ultimately dropped. The Departmental Promotion Committee had relied on the prosecution and related disciplinary proceedings, but once the acquittal removed the underlying basis for adverse consideration, the same material could no longer justify withholding promotion. In such circumstances, the service stigma was treated as having ceased to survive, and denial of promotion was held unlawful. The employee was entitled to promotion from the date his immediate junior was promoted, together with consequential benefits. en-us Fri, 30 Sep 1994 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 18 Jul 2020 15:26:46 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=289186 An employee's promotion could not be denied where the criminal acquittal was on merits and the contemplated departmental enquiry was ultimately dropped. The Departmental Promotion Committee had relied on the prosecution and related disciplinary proceedings, but once the acquittal removed the underlying basis for adverse consideration, the same material could no longer justify withholding promotion. In such circumstances, the service stigma was treated as having ceased to survive, and denial of promotion was held unlawful. The employee was entitled to promotion from the date his immediate junior was promoted, together with consequential benefits. Case-Laws Service Tax Fri, 30 Sep 1994 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=289186