Central Administrative Tribunal for competitive exams for filling vacancies in Railways
The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has rejected a plea asking to do away with competitive examinations while filling up certain higher posts in Railways Secretariat.
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has rejected a plea asking to do away with competitive examinations while filling up certain higher posts in Railways Secretariat.
Dismissing a petition of Railways Board Ministerial Staff Association (RBMSA), a CAT Bench of Justice M Ramachandran and Member Neena Ranjan held the petitioner has not been able to establish causes for its demand.
The RBMSA's contention that the vacancies, arisen due to restructure of Railways Board Secretariat service, should be filled up on the basis of promotions and seniority while limited departmental competitive examinations should be stopped, cannot be accepted, CAT said.
The Association, in its petition, had sought quashing of the Railways Ministry order of March nine, 2005 which prescribed holding of limited departmental competitive examinations to fill up posts.
The restructuring in the secretariat was done after taking note of various recommendations by a specially nominated committee constituted to look into the matter.
"We should not forget that there has been tremendous amount of study behind the new policy and cannot upset that only for the reason the Association find certain amount of threat in the procedure, real or imaginary," it said.
The CAT bench also rejected RBMSA's plea that promotional avenues available to them would unduly shrunk due to holding of exams and that it would affect their career prospects.
Dismissing a petition of Railways Board Ministerial Staff Association (RBMSA), a CAT Bench of Justice M Ramachandran and Member Neena Ranjan held the petitioner has not been able to establish causes for its demand.
The RBMSA's contention that the vacancies, arisen due to restructure of Railways Board Secretariat service, should be filled up on the basis of promotions and seniority while limited departmental competitive examinations should be stopped, cannot be accepted, CAT said.
The Association, in its petition, had sought quashing of the Railways Ministry order of March nine, 2005 which prescribed holding of limited departmental competitive examinations to fill up posts.
The restructuring in the secretariat was done after taking note of various recommendations by a specially nominated committee constituted to look into the matter.
"We should not forget that there has been tremendous amount of study behind the new policy and cannot upset that only for the reason the Association find certain amount of threat in the procedure, real or imaginary," it said.
ADVERTISEMENT
The CAT bench also rejected RBMSA's plea that promotional avenues available to them would unduly shrunk due to holding of exams and that it would affect their career prospects.
Download
The Economic Times Business News App for the Latest News in Business, Sensex, Stock Market Updates & More.
The Economic Times Business News App for the Latest News in Business, Sensex, Stock Market Updates & More.
Download
The Economic Times News App for Quarterly Results, Latest News in ITR, Business, Share Market, Live Sensex News & More.
The Economic Times News App for Quarterly Results, Latest News in ITR, Business, Share Market, Live Sensex News & More.
ADVERTISEMENT
