Jammu, May 27: The High Court has held that it is the prerogative of the Government to integrate different cadres of service into one cadre and dismissed the plea challenging the promotion policy of J&K Bank classifying the scale-I cadre from lower cadres.
Justice Sanjeev Kumar said that it is well within the power of the State to integrate different cadres into one cadre as the creation of cadres and integration of different cadres into one cadre is entirely a policy matter for the State and does not attract equality clause.
It is equally true that the State is well within its right to lay down any rule which it thinks appropriate for determining seniority in service and it is not competent to the Court to strike down such rule unless it falls foul of Article 14 and 16 of the Constitution.
This Court finds nothing illegal, arbitrary or discriminatory in such a decision of the respondent Bank, as is reflected in the Officers Promotion Policy.
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