Jitendra Shekhar and Anr. v. Union of India and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
WPCT 153 of 2024; Jitendra Shekhar & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors.; promotion grievance in the Income Tax Department; Tax Assistants (joined 2009/2011; Inspector exam 2011/2016) superseded by Stenographers (appointed 2015) promoted Inspector on 20.02.2023 and 11.01.2024; Tribunal declined intervention for failure to exhaust alternative remedy; writ taken up for final disposal with consent; disposed of by grant of liberty to file detailed representation with copy of original application and annexures to respondent no. 5; reasoned decision after opportunity of hearing to all interested parties; eight-week timeline; merits and all points kept open; respondent nos. 4 to 7 unrepresented despite service; no order as to costs.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to the petitioners to submit a detailed representation with a copy of the original application and annexures to respondent no. 5; respondent no. 5 to pass a reasoned decision after hearing all interested parties, communicate it to the petitioners, and complete the exercise within eight weeks of receipt of the representation; all points on the merits kept open; no order as to costs.