Employee Cannot Claim Promotion Merely on Eligibility If Departmental Promotion Committee Was Not Convened Before Retirement: Himachal Pradesh High Court

In a significant ruling, the Himachal Pradesh High Court has clarified that an employee cannot claim promotion as a matter of vested right merely because he was found eligible for promotion, particularly when the Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) was convened after his retirement. The judgment was delivered by Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua in the matter titled Nek Singh Dogra v. State of H.P. & Ors., where the Court dismissed a…