MADANJEE SON OF SHRI DEO NARAIN RAM, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE-MOHALLA KAJI GOLA Vs. MADHYA BIHAR GRAMIN BANK, MINA PIAZA, SOUTH OF MUSEUM

JUDGEMENT

(1.) BOTH the appeals arise out of the same order and as such they were heard together and are being disposed of by this common judgment. Writ petitioners -appellants, aggrieved by the order dated 19.12.2005 passed in CWJC No. 8287 of 2001 and its analogous cases have preferred this appeal under Clause -10 of the Letters Patent. Writ petitioners - appellant (hereinafter referred to as the petitioners) are Clerk -cum -Cashier and they were candidates for promotion to the post of Officer Grade, Scale -! in the Bhojpur -

(2.) Rohtas Gramin Bank, whose successor in now Madhya Bihar Gramin Bank.

(3.) PROMOTION to the post of Officer Grade, Scale -I from the post of Clerk -cum - Cashier is to be effected following the principle of seniority -cum -merit. In order to give effect to the principle aforesaid, respondent - Bank had framed policy which provides that in order to assess minimum merit, a candidate will be judged on 50 marks out of which 30 marks is allocated for performance in the years 1995 -96, 1996 - 97 and 1997 -98. Twenty marks is allocated for interview and cut -off marks fixed for making a person eligible for promotion is 25. However, securing 10 marks out of 20 in the interview is mandatory.