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Bombay High Court<\/div>\n
Union Of India vs K. Pradeepan on 17 July, 2009<\/div>\n
Bench: P. B. Majmudar, R. M. Savant<\/div>\n
                                            1\n\n              IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY\n\n\n\n\n                                                                              \n                  ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION\n\n                         WRIT PETITION NO.2607 OF 2001\n\n\n\n\n                                                      \n    Union of India,\n    through Dy. Chief Mechanical Engineer,\n    Parel Workshop, Central Railway,\n\n\n\n\n                                                     \n    Parel, Mumbai - 400 012                                   .....Petitioner\n\n              V\/s.\n\n\n\n\n                                           \n    1.   K. Pradeepan\n    2.   M.P.Nasi\n    3.\n    4.\n         G.L.Shiriskar \n         B.B.Raut\n                            \n    5.   M.Ramaswamy\n                           \n    6.   T.M.Shivnandan\n    7.   R.M.Kondvilkar \n    8.   J.R.Chawan\n    9.   M.D.Moraya\n       \n\n\n    C\/o G.S.Walia,\n    Advocate High Court, \n    \n\n\n\n    16, Maharashtra Bhavan,\n    Bora Masjid Street, Fort,\n    Mumbai - 400 001.                                   ..... Respondents\n\n\n\n\n\n    Mr.Suresh Kumar, for the petitioner. \n    Mr.Rahul Walia, for the respondents.\n    Mr.D.V.Gangal, Intervenor. \n\n                          CORAM : P.B.MAJMUDAR &\n\n\n\n\n\n                                  R.M.SAVANT, JJ. \n<\/pre>\n
                          DATE :    JULY 17, 2009<\/p>\n
    ORAL JUDGMENT : ( Per R.M.Savant, J. ) :\n<\/p>\n
    1.               This petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of <\/p>\n
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    India takes exception to the judgment and order dated 20-04-2001 passed <\/p>\n
    by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Mumbai Bench, Mumbai.   By the <\/p>\n
    said   order,   the   Original   Application   No.1185   of   1996   filed   by   the <\/p>\n
    respondent Nos.1 to 9 herein, came to be allowed and the examination <\/p>\n
    conducted on 30-09-1996 for the post of Office Superintendent came to be <\/p>\n
    set aside, as also the consequential selection thereto.   However, employees <\/p>\n
    who were appointed on the basis of the said selection were allowed to <\/p>\n
    work   on   an   Ad-hoc   basis   till   the   fresh   selection   test   is   conducted   and <\/p>\n
    selection made thereto.\n<\/p>\n
    2.                The   respondents   herein   are   all   employees   of   the   Central <\/p>\n
    Railways and belonging to the ministerial cadre of the Parel workshop and <\/p>\n
    were at the relevant time, working as Head Clerks, which is the feeder <\/p>\n
    cadre for the promotion to the post of Office Superintendent Grade II.\n<\/p>\n
    3.                The petitioner herein issued a Notification for the purposes <\/p>\n
    of holding selection to the post of Office Superintendent – Grade II in the <\/p>\n
    Grade   of   Rs.1600-2660.     A   written   examination   was   conducted   on <\/p>\n
    30-09-1996.       On   18-10-1996,   a   supplementary   examination   was   held.\n<\/p>\n
    The respondents herein appeared in the said examination.   Results of the <\/p>\n
    said examination were declared on 27-11-1996.   Out of 99 persons who <\/p>\n
    had appeared in the written examination, 59 qualified for the viva voce.\n<\/p>\n
    Accordingly, the said candidates were called for viva voce which was held <\/p>\n
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    on 9th and 10th December, 1996.\n<\/p>\n
    4.               Pursuant   to   the   said   viva,   33   candidates   were   selected.\n<\/p>\n
    Aggrieved by their non-selection, the respondents herein had filed Original <\/p>\n
    Application No.1185 of 1996.   The sum and substance of the case of the <\/p>\n
    respondents   in   the   Original   Application   was   that   the   selection   made <\/p>\n
    pursuant to the said written test and viva voce, was vitiated on account of <\/p>\n
    the fact that the Circular dated 05-12-1984, on the basis of which marks <\/p>\n
    for seniority were granted to the selected candidates, could not have been <\/p>\n
    relied upon by the petitioner as the said Circular\/letter had been quashed <\/p>\n
    and set aside by the Jabalpur Bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal <\/p>\n
    and which Judgment is reported in ATR 1990(1) CAT 458 in the matter of  <\/p>\n
    Munshi Ram and Anr. V\/s. Union of India and Ors.\n<\/p>\n
    5.               The Tribunal considered the said Original Application.  The <\/p>\n
    Tribunal principally relying on the said judgment of the Jabalpur Bench, <\/p>\n
    was of the view that since the Circular dated 05-12-1984 was quashed and <\/p>\n
    set aside, the petitioner herein could not carry out selection by assigning <\/p>\n
    marks for seniority.  The Tribunal therefore, quashed and set aside the said <\/p>\n
    selection. However, granted limited protection to the candidates who had <\/p>\n
    been selected till fresh selection  was carried out by the petitioner.\n<\/p>\n
    6.               During   the   course   of   hearing   of   the   above   petition, <\/p>\n
    Mr.Suresh Kumar, the learned counsel for the petitioner, made available <\/p>\n
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    the concerned file for our perusal.   The said file contained the result sheet <\/p>\n
    of the said examination.  It would be relevant to note that in so far as the <\/p>\n
    qualifying marks for being called for viva voce was concerned, only the <\/p>\n
    candidates who had obtained 60 marks in the aggregate were called for <\/p>\n
    viva voce.  Mr.Suresh Kumar drew our attention to the marks obtained by <\/p>\n
    the respondents herein in the written examination.  A perusal of the said <\/p>\n
    result   sheet,   disclosed   that   all   the   candidates   were   given   marks   for <\/p>\n
    seniority including the respondents herein.   Even taking the said marks <\/p>\n
    into consideration, the respondents did not get the qualifying marks i.e. <\/p>\n
    60.     The said file and the result sheet was also shown  to the learned <\/p>\n
    counsel Shri R.G.Walia, appearing for the respondent Nos.1 to 9, who on <\/p>\n
    reading the result sheet fairly accepted the said position. It is significant to <\/p>\n
    note that even if 15 marks were to be given to each of the respondents, <\/p>\n
    may not be on account of seniority, even then the respondents would not <\/p>\n
    have   reached   the   qualifying   figure   of   60   marks.       Out   of   the   selected <\/p>\n
    candidates only three reached the qualifying figure of 60 marks on account <\/p>\n
    of marks  given to  them for  seniority.   In so far  as  the  respondents are <\/p>\n
    concerned, the marks obtained by them in the written examination, were <\/p>\n
    such that as mentioned hereinabove, even if all the 15 marks were given <\/p>\n
    to   them,   they   would   have   not   reached   the   qualifying   figure   of   60.\n<\/p>\n
    Therefore,   the   marks   given   on   account   of   seniority,   in   the   facts   of   the <\/p>\n
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    present case, does not really have a bearing on the said selection.\n<\/p>\n
    7.               It would also be significant to note that persons who were <\/p>\n
    selected on the basis of the said selection, were not joined as parties to the <\/p>\n
    Original Application.   In our view, the same was a serious lacuna in the <\/p>\n
    proceedings filed by the respondent Nos.1 to 9   herein.     However, the <\/p>\n
    Tribunal has just glossed over the said fact.   It would also be pertinent to <\/p>\n
    note that the respondents herein, have been selected in the subsequent <\/p>\n
    selection  which  were  held  and  are   presently  holding  the  post  of  Office <\/p>\n
    Superintendent Grade II.  The grievance in the present petition raised by <\/p>\n
    the learned counsel for the respondents, was therefore, limited to the date <\/p>\n
    from   which   the   respondents   ought   to   have   been   appointed   as   Office <\/p>\n
    Superintendent Grade II.\n<\/p>\n
    8.               In   our   view,   considering   the   facts   of   the   instant   case, <\/p>\n
    though the said Circular dated 05-12-1984   was wrongly relied upon by <\/p>\n
    the petitioner, which fact has been fairly admitted by the learned counsel <\/p>\n
    for the petitioner, the same has no bearing on the selection made for the <\/p>\n
    reasons mentioned hereinabove.   In that view of the matter, in the facts <\/p>\n
    and circumstances of the present case, the order passed by the Tribunal <\/p>\n
    relying   only   upon   the   Judgment   of   the   Jabalpur   Bench   of   the   Central <\/p>\n
    Administrative   Tribunal  (Supra),  cannot  be   sustained.     In   so far  as  the <\/p>\n
    subsequent selections  are concerned,  we are told that the  said Circular <\/p>\n
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    dated 05-12-1984 has not been implemented.   The petition is therefore, <\/p>\n
    allowed in terms of prayer clause (a).   Rule is accordingly made absolute <\/p>\n
    to the above extent.\n<\/p>\n
         ( R.M.SAVANT, J. )                          (P.B.MAJMUDAR, J.) \n\n\n\n\n                                        \n                              \n                             \n       \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n                                                    ::: Downloaded on - 09\/06\/2013 14:47:38 :::<\/span>\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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