https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=469102 The sealed cover procedure cannot be applied to deny retrospective promotion where no disciplinary proceeding, suspension, charge-sheet, or criminal case was pending on the effective date of promotion. The relevant date is the date from which the promotion is to operate, not the later date of the DPC meeting. Because the employee had no pending criminal or disciplinary action on 01.01.1996, later prosecution sanction and disciplinary proceedings could not retrospectively justify sealed cover treatment. The employee was therefore entitled to consideration on merits for promotion with effect from 01.01.1996, and the challenge to the Tribunal's order failed. en-us Wed, 07 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 02 Jun 2026 18:23:41 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=469102 The sealed cover procedure cannot be applied to deny retrospective promotion where no disciplinary proceeding, suspension, charge-sheet, or criminal case was pending on the effective date of promotion. The relevant date is the date from which the promotion is to operate, not the later date of the DPC meeting. Because the employee had no pending criminal or disciplinary action on 01.01.1996, later prosecution sanction and disciplinary proceedings could not retrospectively justify sealed cover treatment. The employee was therefore entitled to consideration on merits for promotion with effect from 01.01.1996, and the challenge to the Tribunal's order failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 07 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=469102