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HC stays promotion of 49 SIs 2/24/2020 9:36:36 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Feb 24: Justice Sanjeev Kumar of J&K High Court today stayed the promotion of 49 Sub Inspectors who were recently promoted by the PHQ vide order 636 of 2020 dated February 13, 2020. The significant order has been passed in an application filed by aggrieved Sub Inspectors who had challenged seniority list. In the petition filed by Advocate Jasbir Singh Jasrotia seeking quashment of the final senIority list of Sub InspectorS in Executive Wing of J&K Police issued by respondent no. 2 vide order no. PHQ order no. 2678 of 2019 dated 12.07.2019 to the extent that respondent no. 4 to 208 who were lower in the merit and juniors to the petitioners are placed over and above the petitioners in the said seniority list which is framed in totally illegal, arbitrary and contrary to the provisions of law and also seeking direction to the respondents to prepare fresh seniority list after considering induction merit obtained by the petitioners in the selection process as the same induction merit has been followed by the respondents while preparing the seniority of Sub Inspectors of batch of 2000 & 2002. In the petition it has also been seeking direction to respondents to restrain to act upon the final seniority issued by respondent no. 2 vide order no. PHQ order no. 2678 of 2019 dated 12.07.2019 as the same is not prepared as per the applicable rules and in the said final seniority list the juniors to the petitioners were placed over and above the petitioners in the said seniority list. Justice Sanjeev Kumar in the open court after hearing both the sides observed that this is a very serious matter and in case, the conduct of the respondents as exhibited by them in defining the directions of their own counsel is continuous, the sanctity of Court orders and the trust which this Court reposes in the counsel appearing before it would be seriously jeopardized. With these observations, Justice Kumar in the open court observed that this is a fit case for indulgence on the basis of merit, the impugned seniority list as also the consequential order of promotion issued by the respondents vide PHQ order No. 636 of 2020 dated February 13, 2020 is stayed. JNF   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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