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JAMMU: A Bench of Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) comprising Judicial Member R S Jain and Administrative Member Anand Mathur, after hearing Sr. Adv Abhinav Sharma restrained Govt from making any promotion of Junior Agriculture Assistants of Jammu and Kashmir Agriculture (Subordinate) Service, if they do not possess five years of service as Subject Matter Specialist (Grade-III) and Subject Divisional Agriculture Officer (SDAO).
This significant order has been passed in a petition filed by an aggrieved of action of respondent who granted further promotion to respondents no. 4 to 32 against class-V posts under J&K Agriculture (Gazetted) Service Recruitment Rules, 1988.
It was stated that order is thoroughly unconstitutional, as the respondents are not eligible for such promotion, as under J&K Agriculture (Gazetted) Service Recruitment Rules, 1988 the respondents should possess minimum five years of service as subject Service Grade-III/Sub Divisional Office /Programme office, to which respondents no. 4 to 32 were promoted vide Govt. order no. 98-JK(Agri) of 2020 dated 10.06.2020.
It was stated that the respondent no. 4 to 32, as on date, have not completed even one year service against class-VI posts, therefore, are not eligible, even to be considered for promotion to various posts under Class-V under J&K Agriculture (Gazetted) Service Recruitment Rules, 1988. The CAT, after hearing Senior Adv Abhinav Sharma assisted by Adv Abhimanyu Sharma for petitioners whereas CGSC Raghu Mehta for respondents, issued notice to respondents and in meanwhile ordered that respondents are temporarily restrained from making any promotion of Junior Agriculture Assistant of Jammu & Kashmir Agriculture (Subordinate) Service, if they do not possess five years of service as Subject Matter Specialist (Grade-III) and Subject Divisional Agriculture Officer (SDAO).