RAVINDRA DEWAJI DURGE Vs. ONGC LTD

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE writ petition has been filed impugning the appointment of respondent No.5 Mr. Ravinder Pal Gupta as the Chief Manager (Security) in the respondent No.1 ONGC.

(2.) BOTH , the petitioner and the respondent No.5 were at the relevant time employed with the respondent No.1 ONGC as Manager (Security), an E -4 post. The petitioner claims and it is not disputed in the counter affidavits of the respondent No.1 ONGC and the respondent No.5 that as per the seniority list, the petitioner was senior to the respondent No.5.

(3.) THE respondent No.1 ONGC on 22nd March, 2008 published an advertisement inviting applications for the post of Security Officer (an E -1 post) and DGM (Security) (an E -6 post). The respondent No.5 applied for the post of DGM (Security). The petitioner claims that he was not eligible to apply for the post of DGM (Security).