Dilip Ku.Das v. Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd.
Case brief
What is this about?
Orissa High Court writ petition disposed of (18.02.2025, M.S. Raman J); petitioner sought promotion from E-5 to E-8 grade with retrospective effect; notional promotion to E-7 grade with notional pay fixation w.e.f. 09.02.1998 granted by MCL order dated 19.06.2017; actual financial benefit from date of assuming higher grade; unsuccessful interview for E-7 to E-8 promotion; retirement on superannuation; cause of action held not to survive; Mahanadi Coalfields Limited; Coal India Limited.
What did the court decide?
Since the petitioner had been given notional promotion to E-7 grade and actual financial benefits were extended from the date he assumed charge in the higher grade, no cause of action survived; the Court also took into account that the petitioner had retired on attaining the age of superannuation and, having appeared in the interview, could not succeed in the selection for promotion from E-7 grade to E-8 grade, and accordingly disposed of the writ petition.