RATTAN CHAND Vs. DIRECTOR, FOOD AND SUPPLIES

JUDGEMENT

(1.) RATTAN Chand, Petitioner, joined the Food and Supplies Department, Punjab, as Sub -Inspector in 1972. He was promoted as Junior Analyst in 1975. On March 23, 1980, he was promoted as an Inspector. Feeling aggrieved by the order of promotion as an Inspector he has filed the present writ.

(2.) THE conditions of service of the Petitioner in Food and Supplies Department, Punjab are governed by the Punjab Food and Supplies Department (State Service, Class III) Rules, 1968 (hereinafter called the Rules). Rule 9(Q) relates to the method of appointment as Junior Analyst and it reads:

(3.) RULE 9(P) of the Rules relates to the appointment of Head Analysts and it reads: