Protection of Pre-Existing Service Conditions Justifies Separate Promotion Criteria for Absorbed Employees: Uttarakhand High Court
The Uttarakhand High Court has upheld the validity of Clause 20(B) of the Uttarakhand Power Corporation Ltd. Junior Engineer (Electrical & Mechanical) Service Bye-Laws, 2018, holding that the classification between employees directly appointed in UPCL and those absorbed from UPPCL is reasonable and does not violate Article 14 of the Constitution of India. The judgment was delivered by a Division Bench comprising Justice Manoj Kumar Tiwari and Justice Pankaj Purohit,…
