He joined SBCO ICO on April 1, 1963 in the same capacity.
By a letter dated May 15, 1964 the P T Board informed all the Heads of Circles that the sanction of the President was obtained to the companyversion of 10 posts in the cadre of UDCs in the SBCO ICO into Selection Grade UDCs.
267 of 1979 Under Article 32 of the Constitution X. Joseph and N. S. Das Bahl for the Petitioners.
Respondent 1 to the Writ Petition is the Union of India, Respondent 2 is the Director General of P T and Respondents 3 and 4 are the Post Master Generals of the Delhi Circle and the Tamil Nadu Circle respectively.
In the audit department, 10 of the sanctioned strength of the posts of Upper Division Clerks were in the Selection Grade and promotion to those posts was made on the basis of seniority cum fitness.
Employees belonging to the aforesaid departments who opted for service in the new Organisation were transferred thereto in the interest of public service.
The petitioners, in effect challenge their supersession to the post of Selection Grade Clerks Head Clerks.
On May 4, 1962 he joined the Savings Bank Control Organisation and Savings Bank Internal Check Organisation SBCO ICO , as an Upper Division Clerk.
Until the year 1961, the Savings Bank work of the post office was under the supervision and companytrol of the Indian Audit and Accounts Department of which the Comptroller and Auditor General of India is the Head.
Respondents 5 to 13, though junior to Petitioner 1 in the Delhi Circle, have been promoted as Selection Grade Clerks Head Clerks in supersession of him.
Respondents 14 to 47, though junior to Petitioner 2 in the Tamil Nadu Circle, have been promoted as Selection Grade Clerks Head Clerks in supersession of him.
56/4/65 SPB I dated May 29, 1965 addressed to all Heads of P T Circles, the Director General, Posts and Telegraphs modified the policy of reservation of 10 of the posts in the cadre of UDCs in the Selection Grade by directing, that the total number of Selection Grade posts available for the UDCs who came from the Audit Offices should be 10 of the total number of Audit office UDCs working in any particular Circle of the organisation.
The branches of the Indian Audit and Accounts Department doing the Savings Bank work and the work of auditing P T accounts were called P T Audit Offices.
Thus, whereas, under the original intendment, if the total number of posts in the cadre of UDCs in the new Organisation was 100, 10 posts were available in the Selection Grade for all the UDCs, under the new policy if, out of the total strength of 100, 40 posts were occupied by UDCs who had companye from the Audit Offices, they would, as amongst themselves, be entitled to four posts only in the Selection Grade.
He is due to retire on October 31, 1980.
Amongst those who were thus invited to opt for service in the new Organisation were Upper Division Clerks in the Audit Offices, Lower Division Clerks who had qualified for promotion to the Upper Division Clerks cadre in the audit offices, employees under the Post Master General and lastly those from amongst the time scale clerks in the P T Accounts Organisation.
Petitioner 2 joined the P and T Audit Office at Madras on June 3, 1950 as a Lower Division Clerk.
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Writ Petition No.
10 of the Schedule to the Recruitment Rules, 1969.
Petitioner 1 joined the Posts and Telegraphs Audit Office of the Government of India at Delhi on July 31, 1956 as a Lower Division Clerk.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by CHANDRACHUD, C. J. This is a Writ Petition under Article 32 of the Constitution by which the petitioners ask for an appropriate writ quashing the orders dated May 29, 1965 and May 16, 1975 issued by Respondent 2, the Director General of Posts and Telegraphs, New Delhi, and for striking down the provisions in Col.
N. Sinha, Att.
L. Aneja for RR 5 10 and 13.
In 1961 he qualified in the departmental examination for promotion as an Upper Division Clerk.
of India and Hardayal Hardy for RR 1 to 4.
On passing the departmental examination he was promoted as an Upper Division Clerk on September 10, 1958.
