SATBIR SINGH CHAHAL Vs. STATE OF HARYANA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Petitioners are working as Taxation Inspector with the respondents. By filing this writ petition, they have prayed that a writ of certiorari be issued to quash order dated 28.11.2006 (P/12), vide which, benefit of notional fixation of pay, from the date when seniority was given to them i.e. 1.6.1993, has been declined.

(2.) Brief facts of the case are that the petitioners, being ex- servicemen, in response to an advertisement, applied for the post of Taxation Inspector, in the year 1992. They were interviewed, however, Selection Board, instead of offering appointment to ex-servicemen, appointed dependents of the ex-servicemen against the post referred to above.. Petitioners, feeling aggrieved, filed writ petition in this Court, which was dismissed. They went to the Hon'ble Supreme Court and vide order dated 25.3.1996, appeal filed by them was allowed, by observing thus:

(3.) When the authorities failed to implement the order passed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court, the petitioners filed an application to initiate contempt proceedings. That application was disposed of on 29.10.1999 in view of the fact that in the meantime, the respondents had implemented the order passed by the Apex Court. Subsequent thereto, their seniority was also fixed along with many other candidates (who were also selected against the posts reserved for ex-servicemen). Seniority was fixed w.e.f. 1.6.1993 and the petitioners' name were shown at serial Nos.9, 6, 3, 10 and 8 respectively, as per seniority list dated 18.6.2002 (P/3).