RAKESH MEHTA Vs. PUNJAB AND SIND BANK

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The three petitioners, by this writ petition seek quashing of the seniority list circulated vide letter dated 28th February, 2003 and restoration of the seniority list circulated vide letter dated 22nd December, 2001, for Electronic Data Processing (EDP) officer cadre of the respondent no.1 Bank. The petitioners further claim a mandamus directing the respondent no.1 Bank to declare the result of the promotion process held in the year 2002 for promotion from MMGS-II to MMGSIII in the EDP cadre and to complete the promotion process; consequently the relief of consideration of the petitioners for promotion to MMGS-III in the EDP cadre of the respondent no.1 Bank w.e.f. the year 2002 is also claimed.

(2.) As far as the relief qua seniority list is concerned, the officers of the respondent no.1 Bank are classified in, Top Executive Grade consisting of Scale VII & VI, Senior Management Grade consisting of Scale V & IV, Middle Management Grade consisting of Scale III & II and lastly Junior Management Grade Scale-I.

(3.) The respondent no.1 Bank vide its Staff Circulatory letter dated 10th March, 1997 informed all concerned of the decision of the Bank to create Specialist Cadre inter-alia in the field of Electronic Data Processing (EDP), of officers of JMGS-I and MMGS-II "by way of induction and thereafter by way of promotion". The officers already working in the general cadre i.e. JMGS-I and MMGS-II desirous of induction in the EDP Cadre in the same scale as well as employees in the Clerical Cadre and officers working in JMGS-I desirous of entering into the EDP cadre through promotion in the next scale i.e. clerical to the officers cadre in JMGS-I and officers in JMGS-I to MMGS-II were directed to apply in the prescribed manner.