J. KALAIARASAN Vs. UNION OF INDIA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The Combined Final Inter-se/Combined Seniority List of Junior Clerk and Typist, issued by the Government of Puducherry Judicial Department in proceedings dtd. 19/5/2023, is under challenge in the present writ petition.

(2.) The writ petitioners were appointed as Junior Clerk and the next avenue for promotion to the post of Senior Clerk.

(3.) It is not in dispute that the posts of Junior Clerk and Typist carry identical scale of pay and both the posts are eligible for promotion to the post of Senior Clerk. The Government of Puducherry took a policy decision to publish the Combined Seniority List of Junior Clerk/Typist for considering promotion to the post of Senior Clerk amongst the eligible employees.