In Brief
The appellants challenged promotions made in 1981 based on a trade test conducted under the Merit-cum-Seniority principle. They argued the test-based merit selection was flawed. The Supreme Court, examining the institutional practice and counter affidavit evidence showing that Merit-cum-Seniority remained the consistent principle (even after a brief 1986 attempt to shift to Seniority-cum-Merit), found no grounds to interfere. The Court upheld the concurrent decisions of the Trial Court and High Court, dismissing the appeals.
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