R L CHAWLA Vs. UNIVERSITY OF DELHI

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The writ petitioner is now claiming his right to be considered for the upgradation as Technical Officer in the Zoology Department. The third respondent which belongs to schedule caste claims that the post must be given to a schedule caste candidate and being a schedule caste candidate his case should be considered and the petitioner's case cannot be considered for the said post. The petitioner became Senior Technical Assistant on 13/5/1977. The third respondent became the Senior Technical Assistant in October 1991. Upon considering his appointment as Senior Technical Assistant the Executive Council in its resolution dated 5/10/1991 had noticed :-

(2.) On 2/7/1990 the University of Delhi wrote to the Head of the Department of Zoology in the following terms :-

(3.) From this it is clear that two posts of Technical Officers were to be upgraded and that upgradation was to be done following usual screening procedure. The post fell vacant on 1/7/1993 but no promotion was given to the petitioner. Subsequently, the case of the petitioner was also recommended for promotion by the authorities concerned. Ultimately, on 29/10/1996 the Selection Committee of the Department of Zoology met and while considering other matters considered the case of the petitioner and had said:-