The Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal (MAT) has recently directed the State of Maharashtra to promote an Assistant Electrical Inspector on an ad hoc basis to the post of electrical engineer, whose promotion was withheld in an alleged criminal case by the Anti-Corruption Bureau.

Faijulali M Mulla, 54, a resident of Jogeshwari who is employed with the State Energy Department, had challenged the denial of promotion before MAT, saying he was eligible for ad hoc promotion, irrespective of the alleged corruption case, as per the GR (government resolution) dated December 12, 2017, which states that if any criminal or disciplinary proceeding is pending for more than two years from the date of the departmental promotion committee meeting, then the government servant concerned is entitled to be given ad hoc promotion.