3 to 31 are direct recruits to the same post.
1938 of 1981 Under Article 32 of the Constitution of India K. Ramamurthy and P. P. Singh for the Petitioners.
The second respondent is the Union of India and respondent Nos.
3 to 31 were directly recruited after an open companypetitive test, held by the Society in 1967 and 1911.A seniority list was prepared by the Society in 1976 showing the relative positions of the promotees and the direct recruits.
Respondent Nos.
32 to 88 are also promotees and have been impleaded as proforma respondents.
Respondent Nos.
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Writ Petition No.
1965 on which date the Government of India decided to re organise the 1067 Society into a fully autonomous organisation with its own secretariat.
The petitioners opted to join the service in the Society on such re organisation.
C. Bhandare, Raju Ramalchandran, R. R. Garg, V. J. Francis and N.M. Popli for the Respondents.
Now the facts All the 39 petitioners are promotees to the post of Assistant in the Indian Council of Agricultural Research for short the society the 1st respondent herein.
3 The petitioner originally belonged to the service of the Central Secretariat, Government of India, Ministry of Agriculture.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by This writ petition involves the familiar rivalry between promotees and direct recruits.
