ABHA TRIVEDI Vs. CHANCELLOR LUCKNOW UNIVERSITY LUCKNOW

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THESE are two writ petitions, one filed by Dr. Abha Trivedi and the other by Dr. Pramod Kumar Srivastava against Dr. Nina David and other statutory authorities.

(2.) THE challenge has been made to the order of the Chancellor dated 28.5.2004, by means of which the Chancellor has lifted the embargo placed by the Executive Council in implementing the recommendations of the selection committee in the matter of promotion under the Career Advancement Scheme of the respondent No. 4 Dr. Nina David on the post of Reader, till such time, the petitioners of the two writ petitions are considered for such promotion.

(3.) REFUTING the aforesaid arguments, learned counsel for the respondent No. 4 Sri S. K. Kalia has submitted that it is incorrect to say that Dr. Pramod Kumar Srivastava was senior to the respondent No. 4 Dr. Nina David, whereas he admits that Dr. Abha Trivedi was senior to the respondent No. 4 as Lecturer but since senior scale in the Lecturer grade was not awarded to Dr. Pramod Kumar Srivastava, which was also not available to the other petitioner Dr. Abha Trivedi, none of them could be said to be eligible on the date when the case of respondent No. 4 was considered for promotion on the post of Reader.