VIMAN VAMAN AWALE Vs. GANGADHAR MAKHRIYA CHARITABLE TRUST

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Leave granted.

(2.) Dispute in this appeal pertains to the seniority of the appellant vis-a-vis respondent No.4. Both the appellant as well as respondent No.4 are working as teachers in Seth Gangadhar Makhriya High School, Mahabaleshwar, District Satara in Maharashtra. It is not in dispute that the appellant had joined the said school as Assistant Teacher before respondent No.4 and was senior to him in the post of Assistant Teacher. However, respondent No.4 had acquired B.Ed. degree prior to the appellant and on that basis he is treated senior to the appellant in the category of 'Trained Graduate Teachers'. Whether this consequence follows as a result of the rules is the matter of examination in the present case.

(3.) This question has arisen in the following circumstances: