{"id":71214,"date":"1995-02-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1995-02-13T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/dr-mrs-pushpa-vishnu-kumar-vs-state-of-maharashtra-ors-on-14-february-1995"},"modified":"2019-02-03T12:47:46","modified_gmt":"2019-02-03T07:17:46","slug":"dr-mrs-pushpa-vishnu-kumar-vs-state-of-maharashtra-ors-on-14-february-1995","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/dr-mrs-pushpa-vishnu-kumar-vs-state-of-maharashtra-ors-on-14-february-1995","title":{"rendered":"Dr. (Mrs.) Pushpa Vishnu Kumar … vs State Of Maharashtra & Ors on 14 February, 1995"},"content":{"rendered":"
Supreme Court of India<\/div>\n
Dr. (Mrs.) Pushpa Vishnu Kumar … vs State Of Maharashtra & Ors on 14 February, 1995<\/div>\n
Equivalent citations: 1995 AIR 1346, \t\t 1995 SCC Supl. (2) 276<\/div>\n
Author: S N.P.<\/div>\n
Bench: Singh N.P. (J)<\/div>\n
           PETITIONER:\nDR. (MRS.) PUSHPA VISHNU KUMAR GURTU\n\n\tVs.\n\nRESPONDENT:\nSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA & ORS.\n\nDATE OF JUDGMENT14\/02\/1995\n\nBENCH:\nSINGH N.P. (J)\nBENCH:\nSINGH N.P. (J)\nSAWANT, P.B.\n\nCITATION:\n 1995 AIR 1346\t\t  1995 SCC  Supl.  (2) 276\n JT 1995 (3)   518\t  1995 SCALE  (1)781\n\n\nACT:\n\n\n\nHEADNOTE:\n\n\n\nJUDGMENT:\n<\/pre>\n
N.P. SINGH, J.;\n<\/p>\n
1.Leave granted in both the SLPs.\n<\/p>\n
2.The appeal arising out of SLP(C) No.1628 of 1994 has\tbeen
\nfiled against order dated 8.7.1993 passed by the Maharashtra
\nAdministrative Tribunal,
\n520<\/span>
\nNagpur\tBench, dismissing the Writ Petition filed on  behalf
\nof the appellant, before the Nagpur Bench of the High  Court
\nof  Bombay  which was later transferred\t to  the  aforesaid,
\nTribunal.    By\t the  petition\taforesaid,   the   appellant
\nquestioned   the  validity  of\tthe  seniority\tlist   dated
\n29.4.1989,  so far as it changed the position of  respondent
\nNo.4  (hereinafter  referred to as  ‘the  respondent’)\tfrom
\nSerial\tNo. 20 to Serial No. 11. The appellant\talso  sought
\nquashing   of  the  order  dated  5.7.1989   promoting\t the
\nrespondent   to\t the  post  of\tProfessor,   Department\t  of
\nObstetrics  and Gynaecology, on the basis of  the  seniority
\nlist aforesaid by another application filed before the\tTri-
\nbunal.\n<\/p>\n
3.The appellant passed the M.B.B.S. examination in the\tyear
\n1967.\tShe obtained her Post-Graduate Degree in  Obstetrics
\nand  Gynaecology from Allahabad University in  April,  1972.
\nShe   was  appointed  as  Lecturer  in\tthe  Department\t  of
\nObstetrics  and\t Gynaecology  by a  Government\tOrder  dated
\n19.1.1977, at Government Medical College, Nagpur, after\t she
\nwas selected by Maharashtra Public Service Commission.\t She
\njoined\tthe said post on 11.2.1977. She was appointed  by  a
\nGovernment  Order dated 6.10.1977, as Reader in the  Depart-
\nment  of  Obstetrics and Gynaecology at\t Government  Medical
\nCollege, Nagpur, after her selection by the Maharashtra Pub-
\nlic  Service Commission.  She joined the post of  Reader  on\n<\/p>\n
11. 10. 1977 and continued on the said post till 21.10.1981.
\nIn the meantime, by a Government Order dated 15.10.1981, the
\nappellant  was appointed as Associate Professor in  the\t De-
\npartment  of  Obstetrics and Gynaecology  at  the  aforesaid
\nMedical College, Nagpur, which post she joined on  22.10.198\n<\/p>\n
1.  She was the senior most Associate Professor in the\tsaid
\ncollege, in the department aforesaid.\n<\/p>\n
4.   So\t far as the respondent is concerned, she passed\t her
\nM.B.B.S. examination in the year 1967 but obtained her Post-
\nGraduate Degree in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in 1975.\t She
\nwas  promoted  as Reader on 2.7.1979 in\t the  Indira  Gandhi
\nMedical\t College, Nagpur, which was then under\tthe  control
\nand   management  of  the  Nagpur   Municipal\tCorporation.
\nHowever,  the  State  Government took  over  management\t and
\ncontrol of the Indira Gandhi Medical College w.e.f  1.4.1981
\nfrom the Nagpur Municipal Corporation.\n<\/p>\n
5.   A\tprovisional seniority list of Readers was  published
\non   21.11.1986\t and  objections  were\tinvited.   In\tthis
\nseniority list, the appellant was placed against Serial\t No.
\n13, whereas the respondent was placed against Serial  No.20.
\nThe date of appointment of the appellant as Reader was shown
\nas 11.2.1979, whereas that of respondent as 2.7.1979. In the
\nfinal  seniority  list, the position of\t the  appellant\t was
\nshown  against\tSerial No. 14, whereas\tthat  of  respondent
\nagainst Serial No.20. It is said that in both the draft\t and
\nfinal seniority lists, it was mentioned against the name  of
\nthe respondent that she belonged to the then  Non-Government
\nInstitution viz.  Indira Gandhi Medical College under Nagpur
\nMunicipal Corporation and her date of appointment as  Reader
\nwas accepted as 2.7.1979 because it was on that day, she had
\nbeen  promoted as Reader in that Institution.  However,\t the
\nState\tGovernment  published  another\tseniority  list\t  on
\n29.4.1989  in which the name of respondent was shifted\tfrom
\nserial No.20 to Serial No. 11 and the date of appointment of
\nrespondent was changed from 2.7.1979 to
\n521<\/span>
\n19.1.1977.Thereafter   by  an  order  dated  5.7.1989,\t the
\nrespondent  was\t promoted  to  the  post  of  Professor\t  of
\nObstetrics  and\t Gynaecology on the basis of  the  aforesaid
\nseniority  list,  The,\talteration of the  position  of\t the
\nrespondent  in\tthe  seniority list was\t challenged  by\t the
\nappellant,  before the High Court, by a Writ Petition  which
\nas already mentioned above, was transferred to the Tribunal.\n<\/p>\n
6.The Indira Gandhi Medical College, Nagpur, which was under
\nthe  control  and management of the  Nagpur  Municipal\tCor-
\nporation, had been taken over by the State Government  w.e.f
\n1.4.1981 and thereafter the State Government was required to
\nrefix the seniority of Lecturers, Readers and other teachers
\nof the said college, in terms of Rule 6 of G.R. of 1.4.1981.
\nRule 6 is as follows:-\n<\/p>\n
\t      “The  seniority  of persons in  the  posts  in
\n\t      which they are absorbed shall be determined on
\n\t      the basis of the period of continuous  service
\n\t      rendered\tby them in the\tcorresponding  posts
\n\t      under  the Corporation prior to the  appointed
\n\t      day.   For this purpose, the service  rendered
\n\t      in  the corresponding posts shall\t be  counted
\n\t      from the date from which the absorbed  persons
\n\t      would  have been eligible for  appointment  to
\n\t      the  posts if the recruitment rules  of  Govt.
\n\t      then   in\t  force\t  were\t to   govern   their
\n\t      appointment- ”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The  recruitment rules for the post of Reader issued in\t the
\nyear  1972  provides  the qualification for  the  post,\t the
\nrelevant  part whereof has been reproduced in the  order  of
\nthe Tribunal as follows:-\n<\/p>\n
\t      “A  post\tgraduate degree\t in  Obstetrics\t and
\n\t      Gynaecology  such\t as M.D., M.S.,\t M.O.  of  a
\n\t      statutory\t University  or\t M.R.D.O.G.  or\t the
\n\t      qualification awarded by the Speciality  Board
\n\t      of  Obstetrics  and  Gynaecology\t(U.S.A.)  or
\n\t      F.R.C.S.\/\t  M.R.C.P.   with   Obstetrics\t and
\n\t      Gynaecology  as  a Special subject or  a\tpost
\n\t      graduate degree in Medicine or Surgery of\t the
\n\t      M.R.C.P.\/\t F.R.C.S. qualification with  D.G.O.
\n\t      for  the\tpost  of Reader\t in  Obstetrics\t and
\n\t      Gynaecology;  and possess experience  for\t not
\n\t      less thin three years of teaching the  subject
\n\t      concerned\t as Registrar or Lecturer or  in  an
\n\t\t\t    equivalent post in a teaching institution.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The  justification,  which has been given on behalf  of\t the
\nState, for altering the date of promotion of the  respondent
\nas  a  Reader  from 2.7.1979 to 19.1.1977, is  Rule  6.\t The
\nTribunal  on the basis of Rule 6 aforesaid has come  to\t the
\nfollowing conclusion.\n<\/p>\n
\t      “We,  therefore, hold that the  interpretation
\n\t      of rule 6 by the Govt. is in order and correct
\n\t      and    are   unable   to\t agree\t with\t the
\n\t      interpretation of the learned Advocate for the
\n\t      petitioner, Clearly on the appointed day,\t Dr.
\n\t      Guhe  was a Reader and was absorbed  as  such,
\n\t      her seniority has to be fixed on the  strength
\n\t      of  Rule 6 read with the recruitment rules  of
\n\t      Govt.  for the post of Reader, then in  force.
\n\t      She has rightly been given the benefit of\t her
\n\t      acquisition of requisite qualifications  (M.D.
\n\t      in  the year 1975) and continuous\t service  in
\n\t      the  post\t from  which  she  could  have\tbeen
\n\t      promoted\tas  a Reader.  It is  obvious  that,
\n\t      second  part of Rule 6 is clearly intended  to
\n\t      give  benefit  of continuous  service  in\t the
\n\t      eligibility  grade  for the  determination  of
\n\t      seniority in the absorbed grade.\tThese  rules
\n\t      are  the\trules of merger and  absorption\t and
\n\t      binding  on the Govt.  Because, it is only  on
\n\t      the  foundation  of these\t rules\tthat  merger
\n\t      could  take  place.   We\ttherefore,  find  no
\n\t      substance\t in the arguments of the  petitioner
\n\t      on  this\tcount.\tOtherwise,  the\t edifice  of
\n\t      merger crumbles.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
7.Rule\t6  says that seniority of persons in  the  posts  in
\nwhich they are absorbed shall be determined on the basis  of
\nthe  period  of continuous service rendered by them  in\t the
\ncorresponding  posts  under  the Corporation  prior  to\t the
\nappointed  day i.e. 1.4.1981. There is no dispute so far  as
\nthe  first part of Rule 6 is concerned.\t The dispute  is  in
\nrespect\t of the second part which says that for the  purpose
\nof  the said rule the service rendered in the  corresponding
\nposts  shall  be  counted  “from the  date  from  which\t the
\nabsorbed persons would have been eligible for appointment to
\nthe  posts if the recruitment rules of Govt. then  in  force
\nwere to govern their appointment.” Factually, respondent was
\npromoted  as  Reader in the Indira Gandhi  Medical  College,
\nNagpur, then under the management and control of the  Nagpur
\nMunicipal  Corporation\ton  2.7.1979.  But  a  notional\t and
\nfictional date of promotion as Reader for the purpose of her
\nseniority has been given on the basis of the second part  of
\nRule  6\t w.e.f 19.1.1977 saying that on that  date  she\t was
\neligible  to  be  appointed as Reader  having  fulfills\t the
\nqualifications prescribed for appointment of the Reader\t re-
\nferred to above.  According to us the second part of Rule  6
\nhas  not been read in its proper “text and spirit either  by
\nthe State Government or by the Tribunal.  In the said Rule 6
\nemphasis  is not on the eligibility for the post but on\t the
\n“period\t of  continuous\t service rendered  by  them  in\t the
\ncorresponding  posts.” In other words, the period for  which
\nthe  persons who are being absorbed had rendered  continuous
\nservice in the corresponding posts.  Out of such period only
\nthat period will be taken into consideration, since when the
\npersons\t concerned were eligible to be appointed  under\t the
\nrecruitment rules of the Government then in force, This\t can
\nbe illustrated by giving an example.  In one case, a  person
\nwithout a post-graduate degree might have been appointed  as
\na  Reader  in a Non-Government College and lie\tobtains\t the
\npost-graduate  degree  later, Similarly, in another  case  a
\nperson\tmight have been appointed as a Reader without  three
\nyears’\texperience, as a Registrar or Lecturer in a  private
\ninstitution.   While  absorbing such person after  the\ttake
\nover,  only  the continuous service rendered by him  in\t the
\ncorresponding  post  shall  be\ttaken  into  account   which
\ncommences  from\t the  date he fulfilled\t all  the  requisite
\nqualifications\tfor being appointed to the post\t of  Reader.
\nRule  6 does not purport to give any notional  or  fictional
\nseniority  as a Reader.\t It need not be pointed out that  if
\nthis  interpretation of Rule 6 is accepted the\tteachers  of
\nthe   non-government  medical  colleges\t shall\taffect\t the
\nseniority  of the persons who had already been appointed  as
\nReaders\t in  Government Medical Colleges.  In a\t series\t of’
\njudgments of this Court, fixation of seniority by conferring
\nnotional seniority has been deprecated.\t In this connection,
\nit  will  be  suffice  to  refer  to  the  judgment  of\t the
\nConstitution  Bench in the case of Direct Recruit  Class  11
\nEngineering Officers’ Association  v.  State of\t Maharashtra
\nand others     1990  (2)  SCC 715, where it is\tstated\tthat
\nonce an incumbent is appointed to a post according to  rule,
\nhis  seniority\thas  to\t be counted from  the  date  of\t his
\nappointment.   Even the claim that seniority was  linked  to
\nthe  date  of  confirmation  was  negatived.   We  do\tnot,
\ntherefore. understand how any notional seniority could\thave
\nbeen conferred by the State Government with reference to the
\ndate  of eligibility, although such person was\tnot  holding
\nany such post either by direct recruitment or by  promotion.
\nIn  the\t present case, there is no dispute  that  respondent
\nnever held
\n523<\/span>
\nthe  post of Registrar in the Department of  Obstetrics\t and
\nGynaecology any time period to 2.7.1979 when the college was
\nunder  the  management of the Corporation.  Hence  her\tmere
\neligibility  on\t 19.1.1977  to be  appointed  as  Registrar,
\ncannot be a ground to antedate her promotion as a Reader, so
\nas  to\taffect\tseniority of the  appellant,  who  had\tbeen
\nappointed  as a Reader in the Department of  Obstetrics\t and
\nGynaecology  at Government Medical College, Nagpur,  by\t the
\nGovernment  Order dated 6.10.1977 which post she had  joined
\non II. 10. 1977.  The object of changing the date of senior-
\nity as Reader, so far as respondent is concerned, appears to
\nbe to make her senior to the appellant.\t This benefit  could
\nnot  have  been conferred on her, even if she was  from\t the
\nvery  beginning in any of the Government Colleges.   In\t the
\nprocess\t of absorption, she cannot affect the  seniority  of
\nthose, who were already in the cadre of the State Government
\nas Readers.\n<\/p>\n
8.   Hence, the appeal is allowed and the impugned seniority
\nlist, so far it fixes the seniority of the respondent w.e.f.
\n19.1.1977, is quashed.\n<\/p>\n
9.   The  appeal  arising out of SLP (C) No.  1629  of\t1994
\nwhich had been filed on behalf of the appellant, questioning
\nthe  validity  of  the Order  promoting\t the  respondent  as
\nProfessor  in the Department of Obstetrics and\tGynaecology,
\non  the\t basis\tof  the aforesaid  seniority  list  is\talso
\nallowed,  The State Government is directed to work  out\t the
\npromotion  to  the  post  of  Professor\t of  Obstetrics\t and
\nGynaecology  taking  into  consideration  the  case  of\t the
\nappellant  and the respondent with reference to their  inter
\nse  seniority  as  determined  above.\tIn  the\t facts\t and
\ncircumstances  of  the case, there will be no  order  as  to
\ncosts.\n<\/p>\n
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DATE OF JUDGMENT14\/02\/1995 BENCH: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-supreme-court-of-india"],"yoast_head":"\nDr. (Mrs.) Pushpa Vishnu Kumar ... vs State Of Maharashtra & Ors on 14 February, 1995 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/dr-mrs-pushpa-vishnu-kumar-vs-state-of-maharashtra-ors-on-14-february-1995\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dr. (Mrs.) Pushpa Vishnu Kumar ... vs State Of Maharashtra & Ors on 14 February, 1995 - 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