J D N V CHELLAM Vs. RAILWAY BOARD

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE petitioners D. N. V, Chellam, K. N. Ganesh Kumar and K. K. Maniar in this writ petition under Arti cle 226 of the Constitution pray for the issue of a writ of certiorari quashing the order (Annexure 3), dated September 17. 1969, passed by the Railway Board, op posite party No. 1 and for the issue of a writ of mandamus directing the Railway Board, Director General, Research, Desi gns and Standards Organization (herein after referred to as the RDSO), opposite party No. 2, and the Assistant Accounts Officer, R. D. S. O., opposite party No. 3.not to withdraw the special pay of Rupees 150/- admissible to them.

(2.) THE facts giving rise to this petition may now be narrated. Petitioner No. 1 (D. N. V. Chellam) was initially ap pointed as Senior Draughtsman, a class Ill-post in the Mechanical Research Branch of the erstwhile Central Standards Office (now the RDSO) on 25-8-1949 and was eventually promoted as a Sectional Officer on January 19, 1949 and confirm ed as such on March 3, 1966. The peti tioner No. 2 (K. N. Ganesh Kumar) was appointed as Design Assistant A, a class III post in the Central Standards Office (now the RDSO) on March 7, 1957 and was in due course promoted as a Sectional Officer on February 19, 1961. The peti tioner No. 3 (K. K. Maniar) entered ser vice as an apprentice Train Examiner on January 11, 1957 but was seconded as Design Assistant B, a class III post in the R. D. S. O., on December 16, 1963 and in due course was promoted as a Sectional Officer on May 14, 1968.

(3.) NO other point was pressed in the writ petition, although several others were taken.