RAM ADHYAR PANDEY Vs. STEEL AUTHORITY OF INDIA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS appeal under Clause 10 of Letters Patent is directed against the judgment dated 6th May, 2003, passed in W.P.(S) No. 3293 of 2001 whereby the learned Single Judge dismissed the Writ Petition filed by the Writ Petitioners Appellants.

(2.) THE Appellants -Writ Petitioners filed the aforementioned Writ Petition for quashing the Order dated 11th June, 1999, passed by the Managing Director, Bokaro Steel Plant rejecting the representation of the Appellants wherein they claimed promotion to the post of Executive Grade from the date juniors to them in service i.e. Respondent Nos. 3 to 7 were promoted.

(3.) THE facts of the case lie in a narrow compass: Appellants ' case is that they are possessing diploma in Mechanical Engineering. In 1972 they were selected and appointed as Construction Supervisors, grade III and joined in Bokaro Steel Plant. Respondent Nos. 3 to 6, having similar qualification and diploma in Mechanical Engineering, were alleged to have been subsequently appointed as Construction Supervisors, grade III in the year, 1972, and Respondent No. 7, though matriculate, was appointed in grade I on 9th October, 1975, in Bhawnathpur Mines, Bokaro Steel Limited. In course of service the Appellants were transferred from main Bokaro Steel Plant to Bhawnathpur Lime Stone. Mines along with others. Again they were transferred back to main Bokaro Steel Plant and posted in Project Division in 1999.