U P JAL NIGAM Vs. DURGA PRASAD SINGH

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Leave granted in Special Leave Petitions Nos. 8106 and 8264 of 1994.

(2.) These appeals by special leave arise from the judgments of the division bench of the High court of Allahabad in WP Nos. 72 (SB) of 1994 and I 14 (SB) of 1994 dated 18/3/1993. The facts are that the respondents were temporarily appointed on ad hoc basis as Assistant Engineers in U. P. Local Self-Government Engineering Department. On an earlier occasion, when writ petition was filed, the High court adjudicated the dispute and had observed in its order dated 14/1/1993, in WP No. 8504 of 1987 at paragraphs 17 and 18 thereof thus:

(3.) Since the record has not been traced out and the officers who dealt with the matter at the relevant point of time though were contacted, could not assist the U. P. Jal Nigam in tracing the record, they lodged the FIR with the police to investigate into the persons responsible for the destruction of the record. Consequently, the last option given by the High court in the said order viz. constitution of the fresh Selection Committee was resorted to and a Committee was accordingly constituted. The legality of the constitution of the Committee,when came to be challenged in the writ petitions, by the impugned order of the division bench made in them, it is observed: