As regards the 60 promotional quota, 50 of the vacancies thereof are to be filled by Degree Holders Section Officers Grade I and the remaining 50 by Diploma Holders and others.
Appointment against the advertised vacancies, if any, shall remain subject to the ultimate outcome of these proceedings.
Counter affidavits and rejoinder, if any, be filed in the meantime if number already filed.
While issuing numberice in the matter on 29.11.2013, this Court directed that the result of the selection shall remain pending subject to final decision of the special leave petition.
Before the High Court, the writ petitioners pleaded that although there were 27 vacancies in the grade of Assistant Engineer in the Public Health Engineering Department most of which were to be filled up by promotion, the office of the Chief Engineer, PHED, Manipur vide his letter dated 29.8.2012 submitted a proposal to the Principal Secretary PHE , Government of Manipur for filling up 25 of the vacant posts by way of direct recruitment.
Post the petition for final disposal after six weeks.
Appointment orders issued to the selected candidates shall specifically mention that their appointments are subject to the outcome of this petition.
Aggrieved by the decision of the High Court, the three writ petitioners preferred this appeal by special leave.
Thereafter, respondents State moved an interlocutory application being IA No.1/2014 for vacating stay, upon which learned senior companynsel on both sides were heard and following order was passed by this Court on 3.7.2014 Our order dated 29.11.2013 is modified to the following extent The State shall be free to fill up the vacancies advertised in the direct recruitment quota subject to the companydition that three out of such vacancies are left unfilled.
Other Section Officers Grade I also preferred writ petitions before the High Court with a prayer for direction to the respondents to keep posts vacant for the writ petitioners.
Y. EQBAL, J. Leave granted.
The appeal arising out of S.L.P. Civil No.35459 of 2013 is directed against the Judgment and order dated 25.09.2013 passed by the learned Single Judge of High Court of Manipur, who disposed of the writ petition preferred by the appellants seeking quashing of the letter dated 02.02.2013 issued by the Department of Personnel Administrative Reforms, Government of Manipur to the Manipur Public Service Commission to initiate the process for direct recruitment to the post of Assistant Engineers in the Public Health Engineering Department, Government of Manipur.
on direct recruitment were to be terminated and various Government Departments were also subjected to downsizing of staffs.
The facts of the case in brief are that the appellants are Master Degree Degree Holders serving in the Public Health Engineering Department as Section Officers Grade I. The next higher promotional post for them is the post of Assistant Engineer, which is to be filled up in terms of the recruitment rules known as PWD, IFCD and PHED, Manipur Assistant Engineer Civil Mechanical Assistant Surveyor of Works Recruitment Rules, 2009 in short Rules of 2009 .
As per the aforesaid recruitment rules, 60 of the posts of Assistant Engineers are to be filled up by promotion and the remaining 40 by direct recruitment.
