“Court cannot permit to perpetuate illegality.”: P&H HC allows petition challenging retrospective promotion of Assistant Sub-Inspectors
“If the action of official respondents is not set at naught, it would legalize their action. It would create undue benefit in favour of private respondents as well as encourage officers to follow the same practice. It would be violative of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India because seniority and promotions are facets of conditions of service.”