Employees Once Accepting Promotion On Particular Basis Without Protest, Are Estopped From Challenging The Same: Bombay High Court
Live LawA division bench of the Bombay High Court comprising of Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya, CJ. & Arif S. Doctor, J., while deciding Writ Petition in the case of Shri Shripad Dwarkanath Gupte And Ors vs Union Of India, held that employees once accepting the promotions on grade wise basis without protest, are estopped from challenging the same. The Employees highlighted that while promotions for Technical Supervisors were conducted based on trade-wise seniority, the same approach was not followed for the Artisan Staff. Findings of the Court The court observed that a significant number of Employees had already been promoted based on grade-wise seniority without objection which suggested their acceptance of the promotion practices. The court found that out of 25 Employees, 13 had already moved from the Post of Artisan Staff to the post of Technical Supervisors on the basis of trade-wise promotion.
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