SARAM SINGH Vs. UNION OF INDIA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This writ petition is filed by the petitioner praying for assigning proper seniority position to the petitioner in the cadre of Associate Professor dated 24th May, 1997. According to the petitioner, in the said seniority list, he should be shown senior to the respondent No.3 in the cadre of Associate Professor of the All India Institute of'Medical Sciences.

(2.) As against an advertisement published by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, the petitioner applied for appointment as against the post of Assistant Professor in Laboratory Medicine (Microbioilogy. In the said advertisement, applications were also invited for filling up the post of Assistant Professor in Laboratory Medicine (Biochemistry). The respondent No.3 applied for his appointment as against the aforesaid post of Assistant Professor in Laboratory Medicine (Biochemistry).

(3.) The petitioner and the respondent No.3 were called for the interview and they duly appeared before the Selection Committee constituted for the purpose. In the said list, the name of the petitioner was shown selected as against the post of Assistant Professor in Laboratory Medicine (Microbiology) whereas, the respondent No.3 was shown selected as Assistant Professor in Laboratory Medicine (Biochemistry) and their names were recommended as suitable for the said posts. Appointment letters were issued to the petitioner as also to the respondents No.3 pursuant to which they joined in the post of Assistant Professor. It was, however, stated that in the seniority list published for the cadre of Assistant Professor, the respondent No.3 was shown senior to the petitioner. It was also stated that subsequent to the aforesaid selection, the petitioner and the respondent No.3 were also promoted to the posts of Associate Professor and Additional Professor wherein, the respondent No.3 is being shown senior to the petitioner and, therefore, the present petition has been preferred by the petitioner seeking for correct assignment of his seniority position.