LAWS(CAL)-1989-9-73

T.B.K. PATRA Vs. UNION OF INDIA

Decided On September 28, 1989
T.B.K. PATRA Appellant
V/S
UNION OF INDIA Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The writ petition is directed against the order as contained in the letter dated Oct. 29, 1985 as also the decision of the Appellate Authority of Unit Trust of India (in short the UTI) as contained in the letter No. 2871/ID-M-35/86 dated 12th Feb., 1986. The said two letters impugned in the writ application read thus:-

(2.) Pursuant to an advertisement in the newspapers published on Oct. 27, 1983, the writ petitioner joined the post of Manager (Finance) under UTI. Prior to joining the UTI, the petitioner was working as Internal Auditor as Finance Executive of Ferro Scrap Nigal Ltd., at Jamshedpur'. After receiving the letter of appointment to the said assignment under the UTI issued on April 5, 1984, the writ petitioner met the Manager (Finance) Calcutta Office for providing him accordance at Bombay Regional Office where he was asked to join and'., on his assurance that he would be provided such accommodation at Bombay, the petitioner joined as Manager (Finance) under the Control of General Manager (Finance) and its Bombay Office. After reporting at Bombay office, the writ petitioner requested the General Managek (Finance) for arranging his accommodation who in no uncertain terms verbally assured the petitioner for providing such accommodation as soon as available.

(3.) The grievance of the writ petitioner is that the petitioner joined at Bombay office and before joining he was also assured that accommodation would be provided on top priority basis than those who joined the Bombay office after his joining there, but in fact, the persons joined after the petitioner at Bombay office were provided with accommodation to the exclusion of the petitioner, whose further grievance is that at that time when he approached the General Manager (Finance), there were a few flats lying vacant under their disposal for allotment which would be revealed from their statements made in the affidavit and annexures annexed in this writ petition. As a general principle in so far as the allotment of flats/quarters available with the UTI authority at Bombay should be on the basis of first-come first served. But such principle and the assurances given to the petitioner were not followed in the petitioner's case.