C. C. Padmanabhan & Others vs The Director Of Public Instructions And ... on 30 July, 1980
In C.C. Padmanabhan and Ors. v. Director of Public
Instructions and Ors. : [1981]1SCR128 this Court observed that "Promotion"
as understood in ordinary parlance and also as a term frequently used in
cases involving service laws means that a person already holding a position
would have a promotion if he is appointed to another post which satisfies
either of the two conditions namely that the new post is in a higher
category of the same service or that the new post carries higher grade in
the same service of class. Viewed from any angle it is clear that when
these Rules came into force only a person in Grade T-I-3 of Category I (Pay
scale - Rs. 425-700) would be entitled to be inducted in Grade T-II-3 of
Category II provided he possessed the necessary qualifications prescribed
for Category II. The promotion to Category II in the case of the respondent
can be only as per Rule 7.2 and not by way of induction as claimed by the
respondent.