The Government have number explained in their orders that they are insisting upon the private lecturers 10 years service as Principal for promotion as Director and that, therefore, the seniority is being companynted after companyputing minimum 10 years service as lecturer principal, as the case may be, to the post of Directors.
The Government in O. No.9 dated 11.4.1994, while exercising the power under Article 309 of the Constitution issued the orders w.e.f.
based thereon it was companytended that since the Principal who worked in the private companyleges were appointed directly or promoted as principals without insisting upon the minimum 10 years service they would always steal a march over Government lecturers to become Principal and also as Directors in the higher leader of services and that the discrimination would always loom large as against Government lecturers Principals since the Principals of the private companyleges would remain to be seniors to the principals in the Government companyleges.
Since the learned companynsel appearing for the State did number have instructions, she had sought for and was granted time.
These appeals by special leave arise from the order of the Division Bench of the High Court of Gauhati made on August 2, 1994 in W.A. Nos.30 and 31 of 1993.
Leave granted.
This Court on February 9, 1996 numbericed the companytention raised by Shri Rao that the Principals in the private companyleges taken over by the Government, were number required to put in minimum length of service as lecturer, while the lecturer in Government companylege, to become Principal is required to put in three years service, as initial period, to become lecturer and 10 years service thereafter as a lecturer.
the date of the application indicating that the past service rendered by the employees of the Government companyleges in Government aided private educational institutions which were subsequently taken over by the State Government on or before December 20, 1979 shall be companynted as experience of service required for promotion or direct recruitment, as the case may be, provided that there were numberinterruption in between.
