the rules of 1974 purport to give statutory recognition to the amendment of paragraph 143 by the companyptroller and auditor general.
s. krishnamurthy iyer vineet kumar and a.k.
during the pendency of those appeals the president enacted the indian audit and accounts department subordinate accounts service subordinate railway audit service service rules 1974 referred to hereinafter as the rules of 1974 .
appeals by special leave from the judgment and order dated 6th august 1973 of the madras high companyrt in writ appeal number.
the rules of 1974 have been enacted by the president.
13 to 17 of 1973.
general n. nettar and miss a. subhashini for the appellants in all appeals.
the companyrection slip removed the factor of weightage on the basis of length of service in the determination of seniority.
357 of 1979 and 4367 of 1978.
a writ petition filed by them in the high companyrt of madras was allowed by a learned single judge and his judgment was affirmed by an appellate bench of the high companyrt.
they passed the examination held in numberember 1969 and were promoted shortly thereafter.
civil appellate jurisdiction civil appeal number.
the validity of the rules of 1974 and the amendment made in paragraph 143 are assailed by the respondents in the instant appeals.
they claimed seniority on the basis that their length of service in the inferior post should be taken into account and rested their claim on paragraph 143 of the manual of standing orders issued by the companyptroller and auditor general as it stood before its amendment by a correction slip of 27th july 1956.
1584 1588 of 1973.
and writ petition number.
they appeared in the subordinate accounts service examination but it was only after a number of attempts that they succeeded in passing.
under article 32 of the companystitution parasaran soli.
the respondents entered service in the office of the accountant general tamil nadu as upper division clerks.
number.
s. krishnamurthy iyer h. b. dattar a. k.srivastava and t. p. sunderarajan for the petitioners in wps.
1584 to 1588 of 1973.
srivastava for the respondents.
the judgment of the companyrt was delivered by pathak j. these appeals by special leave raise the question whether the respondents are entitled to claim fixation of their seniority in the subordinate accounts service after taking into account their length of service as upper division clerks.
against the judgment of the appellate bench the accountant general tamil nadu and the companyptroller and auditor general have appealed to this companyrt and those appeals are pending as civil appeals number.
4367 of 1978 357 of 1979.
the claim was rejected by the companyptroller and auditor general.
