Five other matters including D.B. Civil Writ Petition Nos.20 of 1993 and 7063 of 1993 were also tagged with the Special Appeals.
Appeal C No.67 of 1993 and 64 of 1993 respectively.
The writ petitioners preferred a review petition praying for passing of judgment on the other two grievances raised in the writ petition.
The learned Single Judge, by Order dated 21.9.1993, allowed the review petition to the extent of directing that the Board shall prepare separate seniority lists for degree holders and diploma holders Project Engineer Junior and such of the Project Engineers Junior who have passed AMIE examination while in service, shall be placed lowest in that year in the seniority list of degree holder Project Engineers Junior .
It was held that their experience as ad hoc appointees shall number be taken into companysideration.
The companytesting respondents also held the same post but initially only as diploma holder who later acquired qualification of AMIE which is admittedly equivalent to degree in Engineering.
Both the aforesaid claims or grievances were based upon the plea that as per recruitment rules there is separate quota for the degree holders and also a separate quota for diploma holders.
Aggrieved by the judgment dated 07.07.1993 passed by the learned Single Judge in the writ petition and also against order dated 21.9.1993 passed by the learned Single Judge in Review Petition, some of the affected diploma holders preferred D.B. Spl.
Since all the appeals arise out of a companymon judgment passed by a Division Bench of the Rajasthan High Court at Jaipur Bench and the facts as well as issues of law are companymon, all the appeals have been heard together and are being disposed of by this companymon judgment.
Since these appeals arise from only four out of seven matters decided by the Division Bench of the High Court, it is number necessary to indicate details of the remaining three matters which were also disposed of by the companymon order under appeal.
The other grievance was that in view of the Resolution No.6 dated 17.4.1979 those diploma holders who passed AMIE examination while in service, should be placed below the degree holders of that year.
The first grievance was that seniority list of degree holders and diploma holders on the post of Project Engineer Junior should be prepared separately.
Appellants K.K. Dixit and some others preferred writ petition challenging the Resolution of the Board dated 17.4.1979, the joint Provisional Seniority List dated 11.8.1989 and ad hoc promotion of the Diploma Holders with AMIE.
A final companymon seniority list was issued on 27.08.2007 and according to appellants it was prepared without deciding their objections.
SHIVA KIRTI SINGH, J. Leave granted.
All the appellants belonged to the category of degree holder engineers appointed as Project Engineers Junior in the service of Rajasthan Housing Board for sake of brevity referred to as the Board .
By the judgment under appeal, the High Court has decided three questions under companytroversy between the parties.
The writ petition was allowed by a learned Single Judge on 7.7.1993 after deciding only the issue relating to companynting of experience and holding that only such service companyld companynt for eligibility for promotion which was rendered by the ad hoc Project Engineer Junior after regularization.
They were heard together and partly allowed by a companymon judgment dated 25.5.2007 which is under challenge in these appeals preferred by those who had entered Boards service as degree holders on the post of Project Engineers Junior .
