In Brief
This case concerns a challenge to staff promotions made by an institution in 1981 using a trade test based on the Merit-cum-Seniority principle. The appellants contested the validity of these promotions. The Supreme Court found that promotions were properly made based on merit lists derived from test performance. Although the institution briefly attempted to change the promotion principle to Seniority-cum-Merit in 1986, the Merit-cum-Seniority principle was later restored. Finding no grounds to interfere with the concurrent findings of the Trial Court and High Court, the Court dismissed the appeal.
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