The High Court of Karnataka has declared as unconstitutional the Karnataka Municipal Corporations (Common Recruitment of Officers and Employees) Rules, 2011, which allows promotion filling up of 25% of the posts of Assistant Executive Engineer (Civil) by promotion even from the cadre of Junior Engineer (Civil).
The promotion to the post of Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE) under KMC (CRO and E) Rules, 2011 can be granted only from the feeder cadre/lower cadre, that is from the post of Assistant Engineer (AE) only, the court made it clear.
Justice E.S. Indiresh passed the order while allowing the petitions filed by Rangaramu M.R and several other assistant engineers working in various urban local bodies. The petitioners had questioned the legality of change made in the rule in 2011 to fill up 25% the posts of AEE from the cadre of Junior Engineer (JE), who are a cadre lower than the cadre of AEs.
