https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=467145 Employees whose service interests were directly affected by an earlier Tribunal order, though not impleaded in the first proceeding, were held entitled to seek reconsideration under Section 19 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, so the later challenge was maintainable. The Tribunal also could not substitute its own recruitment qualifications for valid statutory promotion rules, because its role was to test legality, not rewrite the rule. Promotions made on the basis of that unauthorized alteration were therefore invalid. All such promotions were set aside, a fresh promotion exercise was directed under the governing rules, and recovery of salary and allowances already paid was barred. en-us Mon, 27 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 07 Mar 2026 14:00:55 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=467145 Employees whose service interests were directly affected by an earlier Tribunal order, though not impleaded in the first proceeding, were held entitled to seek reconsideration under Section 19 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, so the later challenge was maintainable. The Tribunal also could not substitute its own recruitment qualifications for valid statutory promotion rules, because its role was to test legality, not rewrite the rule. Promotions made on the basis of that unauthorized alteration were therefore invalid. All such promotions were set aside, a fresh promotion exercise was directed under the governing rules, and recovery of salary and allowances already paid was barred. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 27 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=467145