R. BALAKRISHNAN AND ORS. Vs. THE CHAIRMAN CUM MANAGING DIRECTOR, TAMIL NADU GENERATION AND DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION LTD. AND ORS.

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This Writ Petition has been filed for the issue of a Writ of Mandamus directing the respondents to redesignate the petitioners as Assistant Engineers from the date of their acquiring B.E. degree in the year 2009 and to consider them for promotion to the post of Assistant Executive Engineers.

(2.) The case of the petitioners is that they are working as Junior Engineers (Mechanical) Grade-I in the respondent Corporation. As per the regulations of TANGEDCO, Junior Engineers, who subsequently acquire a degree in Mechanical Engineering, shall be permitted to be redesignated as Assistant Engineers (Mechanical) and appointed to the post of Assistant Engineers (Mechanical), if there are regular vacancies in the said post.

(3.) The petitioners after being employed as Junior Engineers, enrolled themselves for the course of B.E. Mechanical Engineering through Distance Education Programme at Vinayaka Missions University in the year 2005. The petitioners completed the course in the year 2009.