Sanjeev Batish vs State Of Haryana And Others on 21 November, 2024
The learned Tribunal noted that the additional
charge was given to respondent No.2 on account of his
seniority and efficiency. It was not the case of the
Administration that while discharging the additional
responsibility of Sub Divisional Engineer, his functioning
as such was curtailed in any manner in terms of authority
and powers of Sub Divisional Engineer. In other words, his
working on the additional charge was as good as regular
charge. The Tribunal further noted that the applicable Rule
does not rule out an interpretation that an additional
charge or current duty charge could not be taken as
experience for promotion. Reliance was placed on
D.P.Mehta (Dr.) vs. PGI and its Governing Body RSJ
1997(1) 503, wherein, this Court directed that the
experience gained by the petitioner therein who was given
additional charge of Deputy Medical Superintendent be
taken into consideration for promotion to the post of Joint
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Medical Superintendent. It was held that where the rule
does not specifically postulate the requirement of
experience of having worked on regular basis
consideration could not be denied only on the ground that
the incumbent only had additional charge of the post.
Accordingly, the Original Application was allowed.