appellants were directly recruited as assistant engineers on 29th april 1966 and special rules for roads and buildings division of the public works department were made on 27th june 1967 but were given effect from 1st april 1965.
from the judgment and order dated 16.9.1975 of the andhra pradesh high companyrt in writ petition number 584 of 1975 .
appellants filed a writ petition being number 4151 of 1972 in the high companyrt of andhra pradesh claiming a direction to the state government for companysidering them for promotion to the post of executive engineer on the basis that they were senior to five promotee assistant engineers.
chitra markandeya for the appellants.
civil appellate jurisdiction civil appeal number 1995 of 1977.
g. bhagat y. prabhakar rao t.v.s.n.
the appellants thereafter filed a second writ petition being writ petition number 6157 of 1973 before the high companyrt challenging the government order.
appellants are engineers in the establishment of the chief engineer roads and buildings of the andhra pradesh government and the dispute is one of inter se seniority between them on the one side and respondents 3 and 4 on the other.
vrinda grover for the respondents.
the judgment of the companyrt was delivered by ranganath misra j. this appeal is by special leave and is directed against the appellate judgment of a division bench of the andhra pradesh high companyrt upholding the rejection of the writ petition by a single judge of that high companyrt.
l. sanghi subodh markandeya and mrs.
chari and ms.
