GURMEJ SINGH Vs. GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY

JUDGEMENT

(1.) PETITIONERS have filed this petition seeking a direction to respondent No. 1 to grant them higher scale as per their promotion orders (Annexures P -3 to P -7).

(2.) CASE of the petitioners, in brief, is that they were working as technical staff with respondent No. 1 -university. Petitioners had not earned any promotion in their career whereas the other employees working in the university, had earned promotion as well as benefits under the Assured Career Progression Scheme. In pursuance to the decision dated 16.9.2005 (Annexure P -2), petitioners were promoted as a personal measure in March -April, 2007 vide Annexures P -3 to P -7. Audit Department raised an objection that since the petitioners had already been granted next higher scale after 4, 9 and 14 years of service under the Assured Career Progression Scheme in lieu of stagnation in promotion avenues, they could not be granted promotion to the next higher scale as a personal measure. Hence, the present petition by the petitioners.

(3.) LEARNED State counsel, on the other hand, has submitted that the university had granted promotion to the petitioners as a personal measure without there being any available vacancies. Therefore, the Audit Department had rightly raised the objection.