RESERVE BANK OF INDIA Vs. C N SAHASRANAMAN

JUDGEMENT

(1.) IN the Reserve Bank of INdia separate departmentwise and groupwise seniority and promotion for cadres of Officers and non-Officers (Award Staff) was prevalent. This would be apparent from the decision of this Court in Reserve Bank of INdia v. N. C. Paliwal, (1977) 1 SCR 377 : (AIR 1976 SC 2345) as well as V. T. Khanzode v. Reserve Bank of INdia, (1982) 2 SCC 7.

(2.) IN September, 1962, need was felt for maintenance of combined seniority list at each centre for the purposes of promotions recommended by National INdustrial Tribunal presided over by Mr. Justice K. T. Desai. The recommendations of the said Desai Award for centre-wise combined seniority were approved by this Court in 1966.

(3.) ON 7/05/1972, the Bank took several steps towards equalising promotional Opportunities of employees by introducing the Optee Scheme of 1965, the Optee Scheme of 1966 and finally by entering into Memorandum of Settlement dated 7/05/1972 with the Association accepting the principle of maintenance of a combined seniority list at a centre.