<p>Rajasthan Services Appellate Tribunal (RAT) on Saturday, quashed the promotion list of supertime scale of RPS (Rajasthan Police Services) officers for 2013, for selection in IPS cadre and directed the state government to reconvene the Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) meeting within three months.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The order which was passed by a division bench of RAT comprising chairman B B Mohanty and Anil Kumar Jain was passed on an appeal filed by one Satish Kumar Khurana, an RPS official. It was alleged by appellant Khurana that in making a promotion to supertime scale on January 28 this year, the state government superseded him and promoted one Pramod Kumar Sharma and Om Prakash Sharma to the supertime scale. <br /><br />“The annual progress reports for years 1994-95 and 1996-97 were deliberately downgraded in violation of law as the DPC was also held in violation of guidelines issued by Department of Personnel in 1998”, counsel for the appellant, Harsh Vardhan Nandwana said. <br /><br />State versus officer<br /><br />On the contrary, it was argued on behalf of state government that since the record of the appellant was not so good, therefore, promotion to selection scale was not given to him in 2001-02 and subsequent promotions to the appellant Khurana were given in accordance. <br />Brushing aside the objections raised by state government in a detailed order, Mohanty on behalf of the bench observed, “The appellant is not challenging the adverse entries. The appellant was rated outstanding by his reporting officer and very good by his reviewing officer. Therefore, downgrading by the accepting officer in a mechanical manner without recording reasoning cannot be sustained”, the bench said.<br /></p>
<p>Rajasthan Services Appellate Tribunal (RAT) on Saturday, quashed the promotion list of supertime scale of RPS (Rajasthan Police Services) officers for 2013, for selection in IPS cadre and directed the state government to reconvene the Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) meeting within three months.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The order which was passed by a division bench of RAT comprising chairman B B Mohanty and Anil Kumar Jain was passed on an appeal filed by one Satish Kumar Khurana, an RPS official. It was alleged by appellant Khurana that in making a promotion to supertime scale on January 28 this year, the state government superseded him and promoted one Pramod Kumar Sharma and Om Prakash Sharma to the supertime scale. <br /><br />“The annual progress reports for years 1994-95 and 1996-97 were deliberately downgraded in violation of law as the DPC was also held in violation of guidelines issued by Department of Personnel in 1998”, counsel for the appellant, Harsh Vardhan Nandwana said. <br /><br />State versus officer<br /><br />On the contrary, it was argued on behalf of state government that since the record of the appellant was not so good, therefore, promotion to selection scale was not given to him in 2001-02 and subsequent promotions to the appellant Khurana were given in accordance. <br />Brushing aside the objections raised by state government in a detailed order, Mohanty on behalf of the bench observed, “The appellant is not challenging the adverse entries. The appellant was rated outstanding by his reporting officer and very good by his reviewing officer. Therefore, downgrading by the accepting officer in a mechanical manner without recording reasoning cannot be sustained”, the bench said.<br /></p>