Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Dec 10: High Court has directed the Government to consider the promotion of Deputy Director Archives, Archaeology and Museums, Mohammad Shafi Zahid for the post of Director, setting aside the promotion of incumbent Director Archives, Archaeology and Museums Department Nasreen Khan.
The petitioner Zahid had challenged the promotion of Khan as Director before the High Court.
A Division Bench of High Court comprising Justice Mohammad Yaqoob Mir and Justice Muzaffar Hussain Attar observed, “When she was not eligible in view of the stated facts and was not suitable for promotion then how the official respondent has taken a U-turn and issued the order of promotion on officiating basis in her favour.”
The bench said such action of the Government could not be said to be fair in light of the stated facts.
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