JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY NON TEACHING STAFF ASSOIATION Vs. JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The Joint Action Committee, of the Non- teaching Staff Association of the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, is before this Court seeking to have the advertisement dated 11/5/1994 issued by the respondent herein set aside, and for a consequential direction to create a promotional channel forthe technical staff of the respondent-university

(2.) The petitioner, a registered body, is aggrieved by the fact that the respondent- university has not provided a channel of promotion fortechnical Assistants resulting in their stagnation in service and adversely affecting their morale The technical assistants, erstwhile employees of the Government, were initially sent on deputation to the university and, consequent upon options being exercised by them, their services were absorbed in the respondent-university By resolution dated 20/1/1993, qualifications for appointment to non-teaching posts were prescribed and consequent there to, proceedings dated 17/2/1993 were issued Though qualifications were prescribed for appomtmentto the post of Technical Assistants Grade-1, Grade-11 etc , the mode of recruitment was not prescribed Several posts of Technical Assistants were created under G O Ms No 42 dated 25/2/1993 The Government issued G.O.P. No 349 dated 1/10/1993, whereby a committee was constituted, including the Registrar of the respondent-university, to examine the service rules of various categories in the universities in the State and to recommend uniform service rules for various categories in different universities including the Regional Engineering College at Warangal While the committee was required to submit its report within six months, the grievance of the petitioner-association is that despite more than 12 years having elapsed, no service rules prescribing a channel of promotion from the post of Technical Assistant have as yet been made

(3.) The respondent-university issued an advertisement on 11/5/1994 inviting applications for various posts including to 22 posts of Technical Assistants. Annexure thereto classified Technical Assistants Grade-1 into nine categories. The nine categories of Technical Assistants and the qualifications prescribed for appointment to each of these categories of posts is as under: