Petitioner No.
The companystitutional validity of this Scheme also was upheld by this Court.
January 1, 1970.
On that occasion, tile Bank and the Association further agreed by exchange of companyrespondence that the ratio of direct recruits to the promotees in the total strength of officers staff Grade II should be 17.5 82.5.
One of the demands of the Association was that the revision in the scales of their pay should be on the same basis as of the revision of the Officers in the Reserve Bank of India.
On February 24, 1986, the Bank revised pay scales of all its Officers as a result of a settlement on the charter of demands submitted by the Banks Officers Association called NABARD Officers Association.
The Association at the relevant time had 2284 members and except the present six petitioners numberody has made a grievance against the said chart.
Petitioners 5 and 6 were in the Banks service in Clerical Grade prior to 1st February 1984 and were appointed as Officers Grade A after the said date.
This chart was also approved of by the NABARD Officers Association.
As a result, the 1st respondent Bank also revised the pay scales of its Officers, as stated earlier, on February 24, 1986, and to bring it on parity with the pay scales of the Reserve Bank of India, gave effect to them also from 1st February, 1984.
Hence the importance of the date February 1, 1984.
On the same date, the Bank formulated a Scheme for promotions of staff officer Grade I1 after giving full opportunity to the Association to make its suggestions.
15 to prepare a companymon seniority list and to provide for another group mobility at the lowest level of officers in Grade A w.e.f.
The first respondent Bank came into existence on July 12, 1982 under an Act of Parliament, viz National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Act, 1981.
May 7, 1972 which was also binding on all employees.
It appears that the NABARD Officers Association had submit ted its charter of demands on November 30, 1984 which was on the same lines as the charter of demands submitted by the Officers Association of the Reserve Bank of India to the Reserve Bank of India.
Petitioners 2 to 4 were number in the service of the Bank on 1st February 1984.
Under Article 32 of the Constitution of India Petitioner in person and Mohan Pandey for the Petitioners.
2 was appoint ed as a Grade C Officer and Petitioners 3 and 4 were appointed as Grade B Officers, on various dates in March 1984.
v. C.N. Sahasaranaman Ors.,
On May 22, 1974 the Bank took a decision based on the recommendations of the Cadre Review Committee, and issued administrative circular No.
1 was in the Banks service as a Grade B Officer land was promoted to Grade C Officers.cadre on March 7, 1984.
Madhava Reddy, P.P. Rao, R.N. Keshwani and H.S. Parihar for the Respondents.
This clause provided for the number of candidates who will be qualified to appear in the test at the written examina tion.
On 6th June 1970, a circular was issued for introduction of written examination for depart mental promotions of clerks grade I Assistants etc.
In Reserve Bank of India Ors.
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Writ Petition Civil No.
1986 2 SCR 88 1, what was challenged was the company bined seniority and scheme of promotions for cadres of Officers and number Officers in the Reserve Bank of India.
On January 7, 1978 the Bank took further decision based on the recommendations of two Committees, and issued circular No.
The circular was number, however, enforced.
8 to companybine the seniority of all officers in Grade B and above, w.e.f.
The said date is thus number arbitrarily fixed by the respondent Bank for giving effect to the revision of pay scales.
to the post of Staff Officers Grade II in all the groups.
The initial staff of the Bank companysisted of the employees of the Reserve Bank of India and of those recruited by the Reserve Bank of India exclusively to serve the erstwhile Agriculture Refi nance and Development Corporation which was taken over by the 1st respondent Bank.
1134 of 1986.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by SAWANT, J. The petitioners who are employees of respond ent No.
1 National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Develop ment hereinafter referred to as the Bank request for a direction to the Bank to give them fitment benefits which were given to their companynter parts who were in the Banks service prior to 1st February 1984.
8 which was binding on all employees of the Bank.
The Association by that settlement accepted the principle of maintenance of a companybined seniori ty list at a centre.
The admitted facts are that on 1st February 1984, petitioner No.
On May 7, 1972 the Bank took several steps towards equalising promotional opportuni ties of employees by introducing what was known as Optee Scheme of 1965 and the Optee Scheme of 1966, and finally by entering into a settlement with the Association of the employees on May 7, 1972.
