https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=298255 An accelerated promotion scheme for officers who voluntarily undertook hazardous anti-extremist duties was upheld as a valid reasonable classification under Articles 14 and 16. The Court accepted that the amendment, together with detailed eligibility criteria and multi-level scrutiny by departmental and governmental committees, created adequate safeguards against arbitrariness. It held that possible misuse in individual cases did not invalidate the rule itself, and that rewarding officers who faced greater risk to meet extremist threats was a rational policy choice connected to the object sought to be achieved. The High Court and Tribunal orders were set aside and the scheme was upheld. en-us Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 22 Oct 2021 17:18:37 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=298255 An accelerated promotion scheme for officers who voluntarily undertook hazardous anti-extremist duties was upheld as a valid reasonable classification under Articles 14 and 16. The Court accepted that the amendment, together with detailed eligibility criteria and multi-level scrutiny by departmental and governmental committees, created adequate safeguards against arbitrariness. It held that possible misuse in individual cases did not invalidate the rule itself, and that rewarding officers who faced greater risk to meet extremist threats was a rational policy choice connected to the object sought to be achieved. The High Court and Tribunal orders were set aside and the scheme was upheld. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=298255