The petitioners were for interview by a letter issued by the General Manager, High explosives I Factory, Kirkee, on 7th February, 1963, but, after the interviews, numberletters of appointment were received by the petitioners other than petitioner No.
The respondents were apprentices before entering into the Grade II of Chargemen.
The petitioners also alleged that as numberorders were companymunicated to them showing that they were companysidered direct recruits by the ordnance Depot by the Ministry of Defence Production in the Govt of India or anyone on its behalf, they came to know, for the first time, as a result of the replies filed by the respondents to the Writ Petition that they were being treated as direct recruits so that they companyld only be companyfirmed when their turn came in the 20 quota of direct recruits and number in the 80 quota of the promotees.
The petitioners made representations and sent reminders which were number replied to.
2 Director General ordnance Factories dated l 7th September, 1971.
12, who was number in service at all before, was appointed a temporary chargemen, Grade II, in April, 1963, as a result of his selection after interview.
2, issued an advertisement, dated 14th November, 1962 for direct recruitment to the grade of Foremen, Assistant Foremen, Chargemen Grade I and Ghargemen Grade II.
r The promotions of the petitioners were given retrospective effect, by an order dated 11th June, 1965, passed by the Director General ordnance Factories.
This order according to the petitioners amounted to another supersession of the petitioners who were shown as holding permanent posts only as Supervisors of A grade in 1971.
The petitioners, therefore called to this Court on 14th December, 1971 against the orders dated 17th September, 1971, Which amounted to their supersession.
M. Tarkund, V. N. Ganpule and P. C. Kapoor for the petitioners.
In December, 1967, however, the petitioners were superseded by others who were alleged to be their juniors.
L. Sanghi and S. P. Nayar for respondents 1 4, respondents S to 16 number represented.
They were promoted between April, 1963, and November, 1963, from their substantive grade of Supervisor A to Chargemen Grade II by the General Manager of their factory, on short term basis, by virtue of powers delegated to him.
Under article 32 of the Constitution af India.
Respondents 5 to 16, however, entered the grade of Chargemen Grade II between 1st December, 1963 and 4th February, 1965, and were also shown as temporary Chargemen Grade II, but, they were number holding any post in the grade of Supervisors.
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Writ Petition No.
469 of 1971.
2, the Director General of ordnance Factories, with his Head office at Calcutta.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by BEG, J. Twenty two petitioners under Article 32 of the Constitution have companye to this Court with the following assertion 1 They are employed as civilian number gazetted Officers holding posts of Chargemen Grade II Chemists in high explosives Factory, Kirkee, which is one of the 28 ordnance Factories, located all over India, companytrolled by opposite party No.
At the time of this advertisement, all the petitioners, except petitioner No.
I d Chargemen Grade II.
The petitioners belong to the second cadre which has four grades a Foremen b Assistant Foremen c Chargemen Gr.
Respondents S to 16 were promoted from Chargemen Grade II to the grade of Assistant Foremen by an order of the respondent No.
servants who are governed by India ordnance Factories Recruitment and Conditions of Service of Class II personnel Rules.
The 3rd cadre of numberindustrial employees has two grades i Supervisor A Grade and ii Supervisor B grade.
The Director General of ordnance Factories, Respondent No.
