PRAVEENLAL Vs. SAIBUNNIES BEEVI

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Heard.

(2.) All these Writ Appeals involve common point of dispute and are directed against common judgment delivered in respect of O. P. Nos. 8754, 14817 and 15930 of 1994. Petitioners and respondent No. 4 (Dr. Praveenlal) in the Original Petitions were Tutors in the Medical Colleges in the Speciality of Psychiatry. Select list prepared by the Departmental Promotion Committee (in short 'the D.P.C.) was challenged by respective petitioners in the Original Petitions, on the ground that Dr. Praveenlal who has been assigned the date 28.7.1983 for promotion to the post of Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry was not correctly placed. Objection to such assignment was on the ground that he was not qualified as on that date. Though respective petitioners in the Original Petitions who are respondents in the concerned Writ Appeals requested the D.P.C. for reconsideration, same was not accepted.

(3.) The factual background of dispute as projected by the parties relates to the date of qualification of Dr. Praveenlal, appellant in each case. Government Order Ext. P1 to the Original Petitions prescribed teaching experience as a qualification for the teaching staff in Medical Colleges. Para.4 thereof reads: