R V V PRASADA RAO Vs. MANAGING DIRECTOR

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE petitioner joined the service of the State bank of Hyderabad, as a Clerk, in the year 1997. He was re-designated as Head cashier, and at present, he is working at vilasagar Branch of Karimnagar District. He states that ever since his appointment, he has taken initiative in the respective branches, and was instrumental, in his own way, in promoting the business of the branches, in which he worked. Reference is made to certificate of appreciation, issued by the Bank on 16. 8. 2001.

(2.) THE post, superior is the one, held by the petitioner, is Junior Management grade Scale-I Officer. Out of every hundred posts of this category, 20 are to be filled by way of direct recruitment (Group-C); 55 posts by promotion of employees, who have completed eight years of service in the feeder category, between the age group of 40 and 55 years (Group-A); and 25 posts by way of promotion of employees, who have completed four years of service, but are not above 40 years (Group-B), provided they are Matriculates with C. A. I. I. B. , or graduates with Part-I of C. A. I. I. B. Promotion of posts of Groups-B and C is on the basis of performance of candidates in the written test (80 marks), and interview (20 marks ).

(3.) THE petitioner became eligible to apply for promotion in the year 2002 under group-B. On the basis of marks secured by him, he was called for interview, but was not selected. The same thing occurred for the subsequent years, 2003 and 2004 also. He filed W. P. No. 7863 of 2005, stating that he was denied promotion on the basis of uncommunicated confidential reports, and prayed for appropriate relief in this regard.