B.N.SINGH Vs. BHARAT COKING COAL LIMITED

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE appellants, in this appeal, are the petitioners in the writ petition. Having aggrieved over the seniority list dated 26.7.1995 issued by the Bharat Coking Coal Limited, by which the respondents 6 to 41 have been shown to be senior to the petitioners, while the petitioners and others have been shown junior to the respondents No. 6 to 41, though they have been promoted to the next higher post Grade C on the same day i.e. 20.4.1991, the petitioners filed the writ petition before the single Judge seeking to quash the same. The learned single Judge, after hearing the parties and after perusing the records, dismissed the writ petition by the order dated 2.4.2004. Hence, this Letters Patent Appeal.

(2.) THE case of the petitioners and the appellants is as follows:

(3.) ON these points, we have heard counsel for the appellants and the respondents.