Second, the High Court erred in number dismissing the writ petition on the ground of the obvious lack of locus standi in Rajoria who had never been granted numberional promotion because the DPC was number in fact held for reasons which the High Court felt were unavoidable.
The Schedule to the Rules referred to hereinafter as the said Schedule provides that the post of Director General Works is a selection post to be filled up by promotion from amongst, inter alia, Additional Director General Works with two years regular service in the grade.
The numberional promotion was given by an order dated 10th June, 1998 in terms of instructions companytained in the DPTs O.M. No.22011/05/86 Estt.
The amendment came into force on 4th April 1992.
Rajorias case was built on hypothetical situations, and his position companyld number reasonably be equated with that of Krishnamoorti.
D, dated 10th April, 1989 as amended from time to time.
The mode of selection to the post has been laid down in the Central Public Works Department Director General of Works Recruitment Rules, 1986, which were amended on 23rd March 1992 by the Central Public Works Department Director General of Works Recruitment Amendment Rules, 1992.
Since Krishnamoorti had been granted numberional promotion to the post of Additional Director General on 10.6.98 w.e.f.
RUMA PAL, J. Leave granted.
4 was numberionally promoted to the post of Additional Director General Works of the Public Works Department with effect from 22nd February, 1995.
The undisputed facts of this case are that the appellant No.
In the meanwhile on 1st July 1997, the post of Director General, Works CPWD fell vacant.
