CIVIL APPEAL NO.889 OF 2002 The aforementioned appeal has been filed by the Kerala Public Works Department Graduate Engineers Association questioning a judgment and order dated 27.7.1999 of a Full Bench of the Kerala High Court in W.A. No.152 of 1995 A arising out O.P. No.8441 of 1991 whereby and whereunder following the decision of the Full Bench in Manmadhan vs. Kerala State Electricity Board 1999 1 KLT 37 as also the judgment of a Division Bench in T.R. Krishnan vs. State of Kerala and Others disposed of on 19.2.1990 holding that Rule 5 of the Kerala Engineering Service General Branch was ultra vires.
By way of example, it had been pointed that services of the writ petitioners before the High Court Private Respondents herein were regularized on 19.9.1990 and they had passed both Part A and Part B of the Examination only in 1996 whereas the said qualification was acquired by the appellants herein were already holders of the degree qualification at the time of joining of the post as Assistant Engineer on 15.12.1983, 3.5.1986 and 8.7.1986 respectively.
885 TO 888 AND 890 TO 893 OF 2002 Civil Appeal Nos.885 to 888 of 2002 have been filed against the judgment and order dated 2.11.1998 passed by the Full Bench in Writ Appeal Nos.
They filed this appeal being aggrieved by the said judgment, inter alia, companytending that the private respondents were junior to them and furthermore, there were two different quotas for promotion from amongst the diploma holders and the degree holders.
CIVIL APPEAL NOS.
1215, 1155 of 1991, 119 of 1992 and 1154 of 1991.
The petitioner will be granted promotion as Assistant Executive Engineer forthwith, in the vacancy in which the 2nd respondent was promoted.
The said respondents acquired the qualification of AMIE Part A and Part B which is said to be equivalent to the degree while they were in service.
W I T H CIVIL APPEAL NOS.
The appellants herein were number parties in the said writ petition.
