SATWANT SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Satwant Singh Sandhu, Appellant passed his B. Sc. Engineering from the Punjabi University in 1964. After completing his studies he applied for a job to the various institutions and authorities and obtained employment in the Irrigation and Power Department of the Punjab Government on November 23, 1965. The Punjab State Electricity Board advertised for the posts of Assistant Engineers, Class II (Civil) and the Petitioner also applied for one of those posts. He was interviewed and selected. He joined his post on November 3, 1967.

(2.) The Punjab State Electricity Board framed regulations for the service of Engineers (Civil) known as the Punjab State Electricity Board Service of Engineers (Civil) Recruitment Regulations, 1965. Regulation 6, in so far as it is relevant, reads as under:

(3.) Out of the nine candidates selected only two accepted the terms of the Board and joined service. They ape Respondent 7 and 9. The Petitioner challenged the fixation of their seniority according to condition (2) of the offer set out above by filing a writ petition in this Court which was dismissed by a learned Single Judge, on April 17, 1970. The present appeal under Clause X of the Letters Patent is directed against that order.