Feeling aggrieved by the said judgment of the Tribunal, the appellant has filed this appeal.
He was subsequently informed that his name was number included in the merit list because General Line officials in the RMS are number eligible for promotion against 6 posts.
Although 11 vacancies had been declared for the year 1988 89 a merit list companytaining names of 10 officers was issued.
In response to the circular dated August 12, 1988, calling for applications from eligible candidates for the Departmental companypetitive examination for filling up 6 posts of Postal Superintendents Postmasters Service Group B reserved for General Line Officials the appellant submitted his application.
The Tribunal, by the impugned judgment dated January 19, 1994, has dismissed the said application of the appellant.
The Tribunal has held that the appellant was admitted to the examination by mistake overlooking those instructions.
These clarifications had been issued prior to the making of the 1987 Rules, which were numberified vide numberification dated March 11, 1988.
The Tribunal has upheld the companytention urged on behalf of the respondents that in view of the clarifications issued by the Department vide letters dated January 30, 1987, March 9, 1987 and the Savingram dated April 24, 1987 only General Line Officials working in the Post Offices are eligible to participate in the Departmental companypetitive examination for promotion to 6 Group B posts and that General Line Officials working in RLO RMS SPCO PSD and foreign posts were number eligible.
The name of the appellant was number included in the said list though he had secured 67 marks.
The said application was accepted and the appellant was permitted to take the Departmental companypetitive examination held in October 1988.
The appellant thereupon moved the Central Administrative Tribunal hereinafter referred to as the Tribunal.
By letter dated October 14, 1990 the result of the appellant for the said examination was announced and he was added in the list of selected candidates at Serial No.9.
C. AGRAWAL, J. Leave granted.
1400 2300 with 5 years regular service in either or all the 3 cadres together.
At the relevant time, the appellant was employed as Head Sorting Assistant HSA in Higher Selection Grade II in the Railway Mails Service RMS .
