considered only for the purpose of
empanelment so that the correct zone of consideration is identified. He
submitted that this is the true meaning ... retired
employees, while preparing yearwise panel(s), who were
within the zone of consideration in the relevant year(s).
According to legal opinion also
been held in time, is required to be included in the zone of consideration when a D.P.C. is held after his retirement ... self serving provision, which permits inclusion of the name in the zone of consideration but leads to no consideration and gives no benefit
list of officers is prepared from amongst
the candidates in the zone of consideration on the basis of total
3
marks obtained after adding ... which promotions are to be made is less than the
stipulate zone consideration of 3 times, the actual
number of officers available will form
However, he could not be considered as he fell out of zone of consideration. By 1989 his seniority in Service of STS Group-B moved ... allegedly came within the zone of consideration. As per the rules and procedure of Railways a Departmental Promotional Committee (DPC) has to consider
offices of Heads of Department were thus excluded from the consideration zone for being promoted to the posts of Under Secretaries or posts equivalent thereto ... 11th October, 1988 by virtue of which they were excluded from consideration zone for appointment to the post of Under Secretaries in the civil Secretariat
make selection from
amongst those who are eligible and in the zone of
consideration and that only seniority would matter, Even
if the selection committee ... Next, the response states that "[n]o separate consideration zone
panels were drawn by this Department".
30. The first question that arises
conducting of promotion boards, for promotion to the selective rank, zone of consideration has been fixed as 5 for 1 vacancy; 8 for 2 vacancies ... view the benchmark assessment as above, the eligible officer in the zone of consideration are considered fit or unfit for further promotion. The select list
specifically alleged that petitioners, in the last DPC. were in the consideration zone of promotion but, now they have been ousted from the consideration zone ... interpretation, a person, who is at serial No. 2 in the consideration zone, in one particular Dpc, will be out of consideration zone and will
components of the selection
procedure. According to the petitioners zone of
consideration from amongst the eligible officers had been
varying from time to time. Generally ... Grade Scale VII. It is an admitted fact
that as the zone of consideration was restricted to three to
four times the number of vacancies
writing,
signatures and thumb impression of all the candidates in the
consideration zone and had completed the proceedings for 12
candidates against whom specific complaint ... hereby directed that all the
candidates who are in consideration zone may be scrutinized by
DSSSB to check impersonation before the decision of the
Board
