In Brief
The respondent, an engineer in the Highways Department, sought promotion to Divisional Engineer following an order placing him in the Assistant Divisional Engineer cadre. The High Court had directed his promotion. The Supreme Court held that since the respondent superannuated before his junior was promoted to Divisional Engineer, he lost all eligibility for promotion from his cadre. The Court ruled that promotion rights end upon superannuation. The respondent had already received all entitled pay, allowances, and retirement benefits in his cadre position. The appeal was allowed and the High Court's direction for promotion was set aside.
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