2012 (4) TMI 481

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.....THOMAS MATHEW NELLIMOOTTIL,SC,CB EX   JUDGMENT   Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan, J.   Read order dated 17.1.2012. There was an error in that order which has since been corrected on the basis of order dated 7.2.2012.   2.As noted by us in the order dated 17.1.2012, since the writ petitioners, who are the applicants before the Tribunal, had passed the department examina....

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....stants. With this, the issue is whether the promotions given on 27.1.2011 by orders of the superior authority could be preponed to 1.4.2010, the date from which the vacancy list operates for the year 2010-2011. Appointment to a higher category, even by promotion, is not a vested entitlement. There is no vested right to be promoted. The vested right is only to be considered for promotion when the q....

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....ifying examination much earlier than the applicants and he was eligible for being considered for the vacancies counted on 1.1.2008 which operated from 1.4.2008. He was promoted only on 27.5.2008 i.e., after the vacancy list as on 1.1.2008 became operational from 1.4.2008.   3.With the aforesaid, the learned counsel for the petitioner points out that the question of movement to the category....