RANJEET KUMAR Vs. CANARA BANK

JUDGEMENT

(1.) PETITIONER has filed this petition seeking a direction to the respondents to consider his case for promotion in view of policy (Annexure P -2) and promote him from the day when other similarly situated persons as the petitioners, had been promoted.

(2.) CASE of the petitioner, in brief, is that he joined the Canara Bank on 15.3.1999 as Probationary Officer at Bangalore. Thereafter, petitioner served as Manager of the bank at different places. Petitioner was promoted as Manager Scale -II with effect from 10.6.2006. As per policy (Annexure P -2), petitioner cleared the Post Graduate Programme in Public Management and Policy on 28.3.2009. Petitioner was to be placed two scales higher than he was getting before proceeding for the course. Rahul Bhave who was serving the respondent bank as Scale -II Manager in the year 2008, had also cleared the course and was promoted as Scale -IV Divisional Manager on 25.5.2009 in pursuance to the policy (Annexure P -2). Rahul Bhave served as Scale -IV Divisional Manager with the bank and was, thereafter, promoted as Scale -V Assistant General Manager with effect from 19.6.2012. Rajesh Kumar Singh who was serving as Scale -II Manager in the year 2007, was also promoted as Scale -IV Divisional Manager in the year 2008 and thereafter was promoted as Scale -V Assistant General Manager in the year 2011. However, case of the petitioner was not considered for promotion at the time when Rahul Bhave was promoted on 25.5.2009. Hence, the present petition by the petitioner.

(3.) LEARNED counsel has next placed reliance on 'Union of India versus Dr. (Smt.) Sudha Salhan 1998(2) CLR 554', wherein it was held as under: -