Aggrieved by the order passed by the learned Single Judge the appellant preferred LPA No.
02.12.1976.
1705 of 2000 before the Division Bench.
BACKGROUND FACTS ADVERTISEMENT OF THE YEAR 1976 State Government issued an advertisement in the year 1976 for 10 vacancies in the cadre of PCS Officers.
6 7, they having been appointed 2 years after the appointment of the answering respondents and, therefore, they would remain junior to them for the purpose of seniority and selection promotion to the post of IAS cadre.
The appellant Arvinder Singh Bains filed the above appeal against the final judgment and order dated 12.12.2000 passed by the High Court for the States of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh in LPA No.
In the meantime, the promotee candidates were brought in as PCS officers.
With respect to the said advertisement, State Government had issued a companyrigendum, inter alia, relaxing the age of recruitment to PCS.
6 7 in this appeal filed written statement before the High Court.
With regard to the 1980 advertisement, companypetitive examinations were held for direct recruitment.
Selection was to be made by the Punjab Public Service Commission.
The 1976 Rules were enforced w.e.f.
They companytended that the appellants and their batch mates will have to remain junior to respondent Nos.
1705/2000 whereby the High Court has dismissed the LPA filed by him.
The appellant and others were selected by the Punjab Public Service Commission joined as PCS Officers on the basis of companypetitive examination.
3 4 in the writ petition and number respondent Nos.
DECISION OF THE DIVISION BENCH The Division Bench dismissed the LPA filed by the appellant by observing Heard.
These vacancies were filled up only in the year 1986.
PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE HIGH COURT The appellant and respondent No.3 Dipinder Singh filed writ petition No.
This included the name of the petitioner and respondent No.3 Dipinder Singh.
According to the appellant, delay on the part of the Government to appoint direct candidates companyld number result in appellant losing seniority to these promotee candidates.
According to the appellant, had these vacancies been filled up timely, direct recruits companying in through Register B would have found higher places in the impugned seniority list.
On 24.08.1988, tentative seniority list of candidates who had been selected and appointed by direct recruitment via Register B was prepared and circulated.
A list of candidates selected by the Commission by way of direct recruitment was numberified.
Promotees from other Registers other than Register B were appointed as PCS in 1984 85.
As per the case of the State Government itself requisition for 10 posts meant for direct recruits Register B were sent to Punjab Public Service Commission.
During the interregnum 1978 to 1986 appointment to the service took place from other Registers.
JUDGMENT OF THE HIGH COURT SINGLE JUDGE The learned single Judge on 08.12.1999 dismissed the writ petition filed by the appellant.
The appellant had applied pursuant to the above mentioned advertisement of 1980 82.
ADVERTISEMENT OF THE YEAR 1980 State Government issued an advertisement in the year 1980 for direct recruitment to the PCS.
6 and 7 Khushi Ram and Gurpal Singh Bhatti are impleaded as parties in I.A.No.
Dr. AR.
3 as per order dated 18.05.2006.
Lakshmanan, J. Respondent Nos.
