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Kerala High Court<\/div>\n
The Food Corporation Of India vs M.K. Bhaskaran on 17 July, 2009<\/div>\n
       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWA.No. 1987 of 2007()\n\n\n1. THE FOOD CORPORATION OF INDIA,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n2. THE ZONAL MANAGER,\n3. THE SENIOR REGIONAL MANAGER,\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. M.K. BHASKARAN,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.O.V.RADHAKRISHNAN (SR.)\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice C.T.RAVIKUMAR\n\n Dated :17\/07\/2009\n\n O R D E R\n    K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR & C.T.RAVIKUMAR, JJ.\n                   --------------------------------\n             W.A.Nos. 1987 & 1983 OF 2007\n                  ---------------------------------\n           Dated, this the 17th day of July, 2009\n\n                        J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n
                      ~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n
Balakrishnan Nair,J.\n<\/p>\n
W.A.No. 1987 OF 2007:\n<\/p>\n
     The respondents 1 to 3 in the Original Petition are the<\/p>\n
appellants. The respondent herein was the writ petitioner.<\/p>\n
     2.    The brief facts of the case are the following:<\/p>\n
     The respondent\/writ petitioner was a Class IV employee<\/p>\n
under the 1st appellant, Food Corporation of India.       Next<\/p>\n
promotion post of Class IV employees is Assistant Grade-III.<\/p>\n
There is a quota of 1:4 between promotion and direct<\/p>\n
recruitment for filling up the vacancies arising in the cadre of<\/p>\n
Assistant Grade-III. Between 1978 and 1986, there was a ban<\/p>\n
against direct recruitment. But, a few persons were appointed<\/p>\n
under the dying-in-harness scheme and sports quota in those<\/p>\n
years.   The respondent\/writ petitioner was appointed as<\/p>\n
Assistant Grade-III on 26.6.1978. It is common ground that he<\/p>\n
was so appointed regularly in the quota available for regular<\/p>\n
promotees.      Between 1978 and 1986, 32 persons were<\/p>\n
appointed on compassionate ground and in sports quota. One<\/p>\n
W.A.No.1987 & 1983\/2007          2<\/span><\/p>\n
Mr.Ramakrishna T.S. was appointed on 7.12.1978 and the<\/p>\n
next appointee, Smt. Maruthi.K., was appointed on 22.8.1980.<\/p>\n
Others were appointed on various dates between 1981 and<\/p>\n
1986. When a provisional seniority list of Assistant Grade-III<\/p>\n
was published by the appellants, those direct recruits between<\/p>\n
1978 and 1986 were placed above the respondent\/writ<\/p>\n
petitioner. Feeling aggrieved by his position in the seniority<\/p>\n
list, he filed Ext.P4 representation and thereafter, the Writ<\/p>\n
Petition was filed seeking appropriate reliefs.<\/p>\n
      3.    The official respondents, who are appellants herein,<\/p>\n
resisted the reliefs sought contending that seniority of direct<\/p>\n
recruits and promotees will have to be determined according<\/p>\n
to the rotation of vacancies as between them based on the<\/p>\n
respective quota. The relevant rule relied on by them was<\/p>\n
Regulation 16(3) of Staff Regulations, 1971 of the Food<\/p>\n
Corporation of India. The relevant portion of Regulation 16(3)<\/p>\n
reads as follows:\n<\/p>\n
            “(3) Relative seniority of direct recruits and
\n            promotees:\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
                  (i)  The relative seniority of direct
\n            recruits and promotees will be determined
\n            according to the rotation of the vacancies as<\/p>\n
W.A.No.1987 & 1983\/2007         3<\/span><\/p>\n
            between direct recruits and promotees as
\n            based on the quotas reserved for direct
\n            recruitment and promotion respectively.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
     4.     But the learned Single Judge, after hearing both<\/p>\n
sides, allowed the Writ Petition, mainly, placing reliance on<\/p>\n
the decisions of the Apex Court in Direct Recruit Class II<\/p>\n
Engg.Officers’ Association v. State of Maharashtra<\/a><\/p>\n
[AIR 1990 (SC) 1607], N.K.Chauhan v. State of Gujarat<\/p>\n
[AIR 1977 (SC) 251] and Suraj Parkash Gupta v. State of<\/p>\n
Jammu & Kashmir<\/a> [AIR 2000 (SC) 2386]. Feeling aggrieved<\/p>\n
by the judgment, the Food Corporation of India has filed this<\/p>\n
appeal.   The judgment of the learned Single Judge was a<\/p>\n
common judgment disposing of a connected writ petition filed<\/p>\n
by another promotee on identical ground.             Against the<\/p>\n
judgment in O.P.No.1031\/2000, the Corporation has preferred<\/p>\n
Writ   Appeal     No.1983\/2007.    There   was     representative<\/p>\n
impleadment of affected parties in the Original Petition.<\/p>\n
Notice to all were taken out by paper publication.<\/p>\n
Notwithstanding that, none of the affected parties have come<\/p>\n
forward to challenge the judgment of the learned Single<\/p>\n
Judge. Only the official respondents have chosen to file the<\/p>\n
appeals.\n<\/p>\n
W.A.No.1987 & 1983\/2007        4<\/span><\/p>\n
     5.     The learned senior counsel, Sri. O.V.Radhakrishnan,<\/p>\n
who appeared for the appellants, submitted that the<\/p>\n
interpretation given by the learned Single Judge to the<\/p>\n
operation of the Quota and Rota rule will have far reaching<\/p>\n
repercussions, as far as the Corporation is concerned. Several<\/p>\n
other seniority lists will have to be disturbed and therefore,<\/p>\n
even in the absence of any challenge by the party<\/p>\n
respondents, the official respondents have chosen to file this<\/p>\n
Writ Appeal. The learned senior counsel mainly canvassed<\/p>\n
before us the point that there was no breaking down of quota<\/p>\n
rule in this case and therefore, the direct recruits appointed<\/p>\n
between 1978 and 1986 are entitled to get placement above<\/p>\n
the respondents\/writ petitioners, as there was vacancies<\/p>\n
available in the direct recruitment quota to accommodate<\/p>\n
them. In support of this submission, the learned counsel relied<\/p>\n
on the decisions of the Apex Court in Union of India v.<\/p>\n
S.D.Gupta<\/a> [1996(8) SCC 14], M.Subba Reddy v. A.P.SRTC<\/p>\n
[2004(6) SCC 729] and Aravinder Singh Bains v. State of<\/p>\n
Punjab [2006(6) SCC 673]. The special reference was made<\/p>\n
to the observation of the majority in     M.Subba Reddy v.<\/p>\n
A.P.SRTC (supra) at paragraph 9 of the judgment, wherein it<\/p>\n
was observed as follows:\n<\/p>\n
W.A.No.1987 & 1983\/2007           5<\/span><\/p>\n
            “Where there is inaction on the part of the
\n            Government or employer or imposed ban on
\n            direct recruitment in filing up the posts
\n            meant for direct recruits, it cannot be held
\n            that the quota has broken down.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
      6.    The learned counsel for the respondent\/writ<\/p>\n
petitioner, on the other hand, took us through three decisions<\/p>\n
relied on by the learned Single Judge. Special reference was<\/p>\n
made to the Constitution Bench decision in Direct Recruit<\/p>\n
Class    II   Engg.Officers’       Association     v.   State of<\/p>\n
Maharashtra<\/a> (supra).         The learned counsel made special<\/p>\n
mention of points E & F at paragraph 44 of the said decision.<\/p>\n
The relevant portion reads as follows:\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
            “(E) Where the quota rule has broken down
\n            and the appointments are made from one
\n            source in excess of the quota, but are made
\n            after following the procedure prescribed by
\n            the rules for appointment, the appointees
\n            should not be pushed down below the
\n            appointees from the other source inducted in
\n            the service at a later date.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
            (F)   Where the rules permit the authorities
\n            to relax the provisions relating to the quota,
\n            ordinarily a presumption should be raised that
\n            there was such relaxation when there is a
\n            deviation from the quota rule.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
W.A.No.1987 & 1983\/2007           6<\/span><\/p>\n
The learned counsel submitted that the above decision of the<\/p>\n
Constitution Bench cannot be diluted by the observation in<\/p>\n
M.Subba Reddy v. A.P.SRTC (supra). The learned counsel<\/p>\n
also brought to our notice a recent decision of the Apex Court<\/p>\n
in B.S.Mathoor v. Union of India [AIR 2009(SC) 137]. In<\/p>\n
that case, it was observed that if there is delay in making<\/p>\n
direct recruitment, the same would show that quota rule has<\/p>\n
broken down. Special reference was made to paragraph 24,<\/p>\n
wherein it was held as follows:\n<\/p>\n
            “24. A perusal of seniority list which is based
\n            on the principle of Rota Quota would show
\n            that the Rota Quota remains broken down
\n            even today. It may be pertinent to mention
\n            here that steps for appointment of direct
\n            recruits were actually taken by the High
\n            Court many years before their appointment
\n            actually took place but the appointments came
\n            in place only after considerable delay. Though
\n            as per law the direct recruits cannot be
\n            faulted with for the delay caused in their
\n            appointments, the fact remains that delay in
\n            appointments     should    not    cause     any
\n            disadvantage to the incumbents appointed in
\n            the service. We need not go into all these
\n            aspects because the fact that has emerged is
\n            that the appointment of direct recruits and
\n            promotee officers in the service have not
\n            taken place simultaneously. This only shows
\n            that Rota Quota has remained broken down
\n            right from the inception of service till now.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
W.A.No.1987 & 1983\/2007           7<\/span><\/p>\n
            There is absolutely no change in the factual
\n            position relating to breakdown of Rota Quota
\n            even after the decision of this Court in O.P.
\n            Singla and Rudra Kumar Sain’s cases. There is
\n            no reason to depart from the said principle
\n            and take a shelter under the O.M. of DOPT
\n            dated 3.7.1986 for determining the inter se
\n            seniority of the officer of DHJS.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Therefore, the learned counsel prayed for dismissing the<\/p>\n
appeal.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
      7.    In this case, it is the admitted position that direct<\/p>\n
recruitment did not take place between 1978 and 1986.<\/p>\n
Direct recruitment can be done away that only by invoking the<\/p>\n
power of the competent authority to relax the rules. So, in<\/p>\n
this case, since for eight years there was no direct<\/p>\n
recruitment, it was safely concluded that the quota has broken<\/p>\n
down and therefore, the learned Single Judge rightly granted<\/p>\n
relief to the respondent\/writ petitioner. The observations in<\/p>\n
M.Subba Reddy v. A.P.SRTC (supra) cannot dilute the<\/p>\n
declaration made by the Constitution Bench in            Direct<\/p>\n
Recruit Class II Engg.Officers’ Association’s case (supra).<\/p>\n
Further, we notice that the promotions in M. Subba Reddy’s<\/p>\n
case (supra) were granted on temporary basis in excess of the<\/p>\n
quota. In this case, it is common ground, as noticed earlier,<\/p>\n
W.A.No.1987 & 1983\/2007          8<\/span><\/p>\n
that the respondent\/writ petitioner was appointed regularly in<\/p>\n
the quota available for promotees. So, the observations in<\/p>\n
M.Subba Reddy v. A.P.SRTC (supra) can not be applied<\/p>\n
mechanically. But, we clarify that if anybody was directly<\/p>\n
recruited in the year of promotion of the respondent that<\/p>\n
direct recruit will be entitled to get seniority over him. In this<\/p>\n
case, from the materials on record, we notice that only one<\/p>\n
person was directly appointed in 1978 and the next<\/p>\n
appointment was two years thereafter in 1980 only.            The<\/p>\n
apprehension of the appellants, that this decision of the<\/p>\n
learned Single Judge will effect other seniority lists is<\/p>\n
unfounded.     In this case, there is a clear case of quota<\/p>\n
breaking down, as a result of ban of direct recruitment for<\/p>\n
eight years. So, this decision is rendered on the special facts<\/p>\n
of this case.\n<\/p>\n
      In the result, subject to the above clarification, this Writ<\/p>\n
Appeal is dismissed.\n<\/p>\n
W.A.No. 1983 OF 2007<\/p>\n
      The facts of this case are identical to the facts of<\/p>\n
W.A.No.1987\/2007.      In this case, the 1st respondent was<\/p>\n
W.A.No.1987 & 1983\/2007        9<\/span><\/p>\n
promoted on 8.6.1979. If anybody was directly recruited in<\/p>\n
that year, that direct recruitee will get seniority over the 1st<\/p>\n
respondent\/writ petitioner. Subject to that clarification, this<\/p>\n
Writ Appeal is also dismissed.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
                        (K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR, JUDGE)<\/p>\n
                             (C.T.RAVIKUMAR, JUDGE)<\/p>\n
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