TAPESHWAR PRASAD SINGH Vs. JHARKHAND STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD

JUDGEMENT

(1.) HEARD the learned counsel for the petitioner and the respondents.

(2.) GRIEVANCE of the petitioner is against order dated 29.5.2003 (Annexure 4/1) whereby the date of promotion granted to the petitioner in the selection grade has been revised by computing 14 years of continuous service from the date of his joining the post of Bill Clerk in 1973 and the earlier promotion given to him by computing the period of 14 years from the date of his initial appointment in 1970, has been cancelled. Further grievance of the petitioner is that pursuant to the aforesaid impugned order, recovery of sum of Rs. 515/ - per month is being made from the petitioner's salary.

(3.) ON the other hand, learned counsel for the respondents explains that admittedly, the petitioner's initial appointment was on the post of Meter Reader which is a separate cadre from that of Bill Clerk. The petitioner's posting as Bill Clerk was a fresh appointment which the petitioner had voluntarily accepted and therefore the petitioner's promotion on the higher pay scale has to be computed only with reference to the date of his appointment in the cadre of the Bill Clerk.