Shri R.K. Kushwaha, a direct recruit, filed O.A. No.
Resultantly the promotee officers were placed en bloc senior to all the direct recruits.
The relevant portion of the order dated 12.12.2014 fixing the seniority of the 87 promotee officers reads as follows All the 87 officers will be placed in the seniority list below the junior most direct recruit DR IRSSE officer of Engineering Service Examination ESE 2007 batch earliest date of joining 15.12.2008 , and above the senior most Direct Recruit IRSSE officers of Engineering Service Examination of 2008 batch earliest joining 14.12.2009 , whose interse seniority has already been circulated.
Recruitment to the service is by two modes 50 by direct recruitment and 50 by promotion from amongst GroupB officers in the feeder services.
The direct recruits are selected through an examination companyducted by the Union Public Service Commission for short the UPSC .
Shri R.K. Kushwaha thereafter filed a fresh O.A. being A. No.
Shri R.K. Kushwaha, hereinafter referred to as the direct recruit, was successful in the said examination.
These officers were given benefit of weightage of 5 years of service rendered in GroupB service in terms of Rule 334 of the Indian Railways Establishment Manual for short the IREM , Vol.1 and their relevant date for fixation of seniority was fixed as 08.05.2009.
The test was to be companyducted in the year 2008 and the recruitment was known as the Engineering Services Examination, 2008.
Aggrieved by the order of the CAT, the direct recruit filed writ petition being CWJC No.
Some officers, who were working in the GroupB service of the Signal and Telecommunication Department of the Indian Railways were promoted vide order dated 12.08.2014 to GroupA service with effect from 08.05.2014.
before the Patna High Court for quashing setting aside the order dated 02.04.2018 passed in the companytempt petition.
Appointment of numberIndians to Civil posts under the Government of India except posts under the Department of Railways, the Department of Atomic Energy, the erstwhile Department of Electronics and the Department of Space.
On 23.10.2007, the Ministry of Railways issued a requisition to the UPSC for filling up vacancies in the GroupA service.
The companytempt petition was dismissed.
6489 of 2018 R.K. Kushwaha v. Union of India Ors.
He was duly selected and joined service on 14.12.2009.
Deepak Gupta J. Signature Not Verified Digitally signed by SANJAY KUMAR Date 2018.09.07 141203 IST Reason Leave granted in appeal arising out of SLP C No s .
