P&H: Orders Retrospective Promotion And Full Benefits For Employee Denied Promotion Due To Medical Board Delay by Respondent
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force to grant retrospective promotion and consequential monetary benefits to an employee who was denied promotion after conflicting medical assessments. Justice Sude epti Sharma set aside the order rejecting Jeewan Singh’s claim, the revised seniority list and a special medical board report that had placed him in the permanent low medical category.
Singh had joined the ITBP as a Constable in 1986 and was later promoted to the ranks of Lance Naik, Naik and Havaldar. He was placed in the temporary low medical category for 24 weeks in...
