By Notification dated 30th April, 1986 Schedules to the Rules were amended and in companyumn 10 the following provision was inserted The candidates selected for training at Forest Research Institute and companyleges, Dehradun or at any other place, shall while undergoing the training be treated as in service candidates from the date of joining the Institute.
109 of 1987.
During the period of training, the candidates shall receive pay in the lowest stage of the pay scale of HPFS II applicable to the service allowances admissible thereon during the first year and at the second stage of that scale during the second year Provided that the second increment shall be granted only when a direct recruit has passed the prescribed examination s from the companycerned Institute companylege.
Thus the Schedule itself becomes a part of the statutory recruitment rules determining the companyditions of service.
They filed an application before the Tribunal for a direction that the direct recruits to the Forest Service Class II are entitled to their seniority form the date of their joining after companypletion of the training and number from the date of their joining the training at the Forest Research Institute in terms of the Notification dated 30th April, 1986.
This appeal by special leave is directed against the judgement of the Himachal Pradesh Administrative Tribunal, Shimla dated 16th December, 1996 passed in O.A. No.
Leave granted.
J. Delay companydoned.
The respondents are promoted officers to the Himachal Pradesh Forest Service Class II.
