RAJE KOSHY Vs. CHAIRMAN-CUM-MANAGING DIRECTOR

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The petitioner, who is working as Deputy Manager (Scale III) under the Oriental Insurance Company Limited, is aggrieved by Ext.P3 and seeks to direct the 1st respondent to review the select list for promotion from the cadre of Scale III (Deputy Manager) to Scale IV (Manager) and to include the petitioner in the select list by giving due weightage to Exts.P1(a) to P1(c) Annual Appraisal Reports and the seniority of the petitioner.

(2.) The petitioner joined service as Assistant in the year 1988. He was promoted as Senior Assistant in the year 1997, as Assistant Administrative Officer in the year 2009, Assistant Manager in the year 2015 and Deputy Manager (Scale III) in the year 2019. The petitioner states that the next promotional post available to the petitioner is Scale IV Manager. The recruitment to the post of Scale IV Manager are resorted to in the normal channel as well as in a fast track channel. 60% of the vacancies are to be filled up through the normal channel of promotion.

(3.) The petitioner states that in Ext.P2 seniority list, the petitioner is evidently senior and holds rank at serial No.28. In the selection process for promotion to the post of Manager, the respondents selected 66 candidates who are junior to the petitioner, as can be seen from Ext.P3 promotion list. The petitioner submits that the petitioner's work record is excellent, his seniority is superior and he performed sufficiently well in interview also.