Employee Who Repeatedly Declines Promotion Not Entitled to ACP/Time-Bound Financial Upgradation: Chhattisgarh High Court
The Chhattisgarh High Court has ruled that an employee who voluntarily refuses regular promotion cannot later claim financial upgradation under the Assured Career Progression (ACP) Scheme. The Division Bench comprising Justice Parth Prateem Sahu and Justice Sachin Singh Rajput observed that the purpose of the ACP Scheme is to remove stagnation caused by the absence of promotional opportunities and not to benefit employees who intentionally decline promotions. With this finding,…