Promotions to the post of Senior Assistant from the cadres of Junior Assistant and Typist were in the ratio of 41.
For Junior Assistants, the next promotion post was Senior Assistants.
The group representing employees who were initially recruited as Junior Assistants filed OA No.
4013/96 before Andhra Pradesh Admn.
4172/96 challenging the proceedings dated 30.6.1996 relating to seniority.
The appellants and respondents 3 to 10 are number working in different cadres such as Assistant Secretaries, Superintendents and Senior Assistants in Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission hereinafter being called APPSC .
However, promotions so made were number supported by any rules but were based on a policy adopted by APPSC.
The appellants were initially recruited as Typists and Respondents 3 to 10 were initially recruited and appointed as Junior Assistants.
The APPSC filed reply statement companytending that the Commission had earlier adopted a ratio of 14 in the matter of promotions to the posts of Senior Assistants from the categories of Typists and Junior Assistants respectively and that procedure was found to be incorrect as there were numberrules supporting such promotions,and that the Commission accordingly revised the seniority list.
Those who were appointed as Typists had also been urging for promotion to the post of Senior Assistants and from 1978 onwards they were given promotion to the post of Senior Assistants.
Tribunal for a direction to the APPSC for implementation of the revised proceedings issued on 30.6.1996 and the rival group, namely, the appellants filed OA No.
Judgement Balakrishnan, J. Leave granted.
The Judgment of the Division Bench of High Court Andhra Pradesh is challenged before us.
