M.A. Mohanan vs The Senior Supdt. Of Post Offices And ... on 3 November, 1999
They both ie., GDS on one hand and Postman/Group
D on the other belong to two different services viz., Regular Postal Service
and Extra Departmental Postal Service (GDS) as brought out by the Full
Bench order of Tribunal in O.A.No.807/1999 M.A.Mohanan Vs. Senior
Superintendent of Post Offices & Others and reiterated by Apex Court in
Najithamol's case. Hence the appointment of GDS to any departmental
post, be it Postman/Group D/Postal Assistant can only be said to be by way
of direct recruitment and not promotion.