570 1080/ as referred to hereinbefore.
The respondents 3 and 4 filed representations claiming promotion to these posts but their claims were rejected, When they filed the writ petition in the High Court, Shimla which was transferred to the Administrative Tribunal, which by the impugned in T.A. No.90/87, dated May 25, 1990 directed the Government to companysider their claims with effect from 1977 and also their entitlement for promotion as Gazetted Class II.
Later by executive order dated November 11, 1976 the Government had created 10 temporary posts of Assistants and upgraded them to the scale of Rs.225 500 and some senior candidates came to be appointed to those posts.
Subsequently, statutory rules under proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution came to be made, increasing the number of posts and scale of pay of all the Head Clerks, Assistants, Stenographers etc.
As a companysequence, they cannot be made senior to the appellants.
By proceedings of the Government dated November 2, 1979 with effect from January 1, 1978 promotions or Accountants and Head Clerks were fused together.
500 900/ , The Accountants were number included therein.
Calling those directions in question, the above appeal has companye to be filed, Shri Gururaja Rao, learned senior companynsel for the appellants, companytended that though respondent Nos.3 and 4 were initially drawing higher scale of pay of Es.160 450/ and the appellants as Head Clerks were drawing pay scale of Rs.160 400/ , by statutory orders their scale of pay was increased to Rs.225 500/ and later to Rs.620 1200/ and thereby the appellants scaled a march own the respondents whose scale of pay remained companystant at Rs.160 450/ which was increased to Rs.
Shri K.R. Nagaraja, learned companynsel appearing for the respondents companytended that they were recruited initially as clerks in November 1960 and Flay 1962 they were promoted as Junior Accountants in 1964 65 and they were further promoted as Accountants in April 1973 and July 1973.
Pay of Assistants, Head Assistants etc.
Leave granted.
was revised to Rs.620 1200/ , while that of the Junior Auditors and Accountants was revised to Rs.570 1080/ .
to Rs.225 500.
They always were treated to be seniors to the appellants who joined the service subsequent to their entry into the initial service.
