S SHANTIKUMAR SINGH Vs. STATE OF MANIPUR

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Upon hearing the learned counsel on both sides, it appears to me that the writ petitioners have made a prayer in this writ petition inter- alia, for a writ of mandamus to the respondents to include the posts held by them in the Manipur Veterinary & Animal Husbandry Service Rules, 1994, alongwith promotional avenues within a stipulated period or in the alternative, to create a separate cadre and a separate department or separate service for Dairy Officers.

(2.) According to the writ petitioners, they are all graduates and/or Diploma Holders in Dairy Science inasmuch as the petitioner No.1 is a Diploma Holder in Electrical Engineering (four years course) and also Diploma in Dairy Engineering (four years course) and he was appointed as Dairy Engineer on 3.2.1979 initially on ad-hoc basis and thereafter his services have been regularised in the said post and he has been serving as Dairy Engineer in the Directorate of Veterinary & Animal Husbandry, Govt. of Manipur. Likewise, the petitioner No.2 is also a graduate in Dairy Technology (B.Sc. Dairy Technology) and also obtained the qualification of IDD (DJ) and R. Dairy Training (FAO) and joined services in the Veterinary & Animal Husbandry Department, Govt. of Manipur on 24.11.1973 as Extension Officer (Animal Husbandry) in the Central Dairy Farm Porompat. Similarly, the petitioner No. 3 is a graduate in Science and a Holder of Indian Dairy Diploma and joined service on 11.2.1981 as Distribution Officer (Dairy) in the Veterinary & Animal Husbandry Department, Govt. of Manipur.

(3.) Petitioner No. 4 is also a B.Sc. (Honours) and B.Sc. (Dairy Technology) and joined service on 11.2.1981 as Procurement Officer (Dairy) in the Veterinary & Animal Husbandry Department, Govt. of Manipur and he has been serving in the said Department till date. Petitioner No. 5 is also a B.Sc. (Dairy Technology) Degree Holder and joined service as Dairy Development Officer on 22.4.1988 and since than he has been serving in the said Department till today.