UNION OF INDIA Vs. MADRAS TELEPHONES SCHEDULED CASTES AND SCHEDULED TRIBES SOCIAL WELFARE ASSOCIATION

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Though the respondents are served, no one appears for them. We have heard Shri R. Venugopal Reddy, learned counsel for the appellant Union of India.

(2.) In the Posts and Telegraphs Department, there are two methods of promotion from the post of Junior Engineer to the post of Assistant Engineer. Two-thirds of the posts are filled on the basis of Departmental Qualifying Examination while the remaining one-third are filled on the basis of a Departmental Competitive Examination. We are concerned in this appeal with the first mentioned category and the question is how should the eligibility list of candidates, who have passed the Departmental Qualifying Examination for consideration of the Departmental Promotion Committee be prepared. Clause 6 of Appendix I in the Schedule to the Rules to Telegraph Engineering Service (Class II) Recruitment Rules, 1966 provides:

(3.) It is stated that pursuant to the said clause 6, instructions have been issued by the government of India in its Memorandum dated 28/6/1966. Insofar as is relevant, it reads as follows: