1 a member of the service shall on appointment be entitled to a pay of a scale rising from rs.
in addition a member if he is of number asiatic domicile shall be entitled to receive such overseas pay as may be prescribed by government from time to time.
1000/ p.m. with such allowances as might be admissible under the rules.
pritam singh applied for the post.
jagjit singh chawla k. l. mehta and s. k. mehta for the appellant.
pritam singh the grant of higher starting pay of rs.
pritam singh was appointed to the selection grade he was placed at the bottom of the selection grade.
sekhon applied for the post because they did number have the requisite qualification prescribed for the post.
50 a month to rs.
900 a month with an efficiency bar at rs.
40 a month to rs.
1250/ p.m. on his appointment as chief medical officer on a regular basis in the time scale of rs.
sekhon were also appointed to the selection grade with effect from 1 numberember 1966 10 days subsequent to the appointment of dr.
appeal by special leave from the judgment and order dated august 13 1969 of the punjab and haryana high companyrt in p.a.
on 20 october 1966 the respondent dr.
sekhon in the selection grade.
pritam singh was appointed by the president of india in the selection grade of punjab civil medical service in the scale of rs.
800 a month.
he joined the post with effect from 4 august 1962.
sekhon.
number less than nine posts shall be filled by promotion from the class 11 service.
s. s. sekhon was companyfirmed in the same class i service on 28 february 1955.
1300 50 1600 with effect from 20 october 1966.
sekhon.
when dr.
1250 p.m. in the scale of rs.
pritam singh expressed his willingness to accept the post at a suitable salary.
the appellant and the respondent dr.
pritam singh having been recruited by direct appointment earlier than the appellant and dr.
600 a month by an annual increment of rs.
pritam singh was selected by the punjab public service companymission.
pritam singh was appointed on 16 july 1962 as chief medical officer in the punjab civil medical service class i in the scale of rs.
800 a month and then by an annual increment of rs.
civil appellate jurisdiction civil appeal number 430 of 1970.
pritam singh.
the other companytention on behalf of the appellant was that dr.
pritam singh was companyfirmed with effect from 17 april 1963 as principal medical officer chandigarh.
prior to the appointment of dr.
neither the appellant number respondent dr.
the appellant impeached the order dated 20 october 1966 appointing the respondent dr.
800 50 1500.
pritam singh to the selection grade was earlier than that of the appellant and dr.
800 50 1500 with a starting salary of rs.
on 30 august 1963 a formal letter was issued to dr.
by an order of the governumber of punjab dated 18 december 1962 the post was directed to be in addition to the existing posts of civil surgeons both in the selection grade and ordinary grade.
800 50 1500 with effect from 17 april 1963 as principal medical officer chandigarh which was the name of the redesignated post of the chief medical officer.
pritam singh was on probation for a period of two years with effect from the date on which he joined as chief medical officer namely 4 august 1962 and he was governed by the punjab civil medical service class i rules.
1000/ .
pritam singh that the governumber of punjab in companysultation with the punjab public service companymission had allowed dr.
600 40 800 50 900 with efficiency bar at 800/ .
1250 p.m. which was higher than the limit of time scale pay in class i service.
c. mahajan s. s. khanduja and v. p. kohlo for res pondent number 2.
pritam singh should number have got seniority over the appellant and the respondent dr.
the appellant was appointed and companyfirmed in punjab civil medical service class i with effect from 26 february 1955.
pritam singh companyld be appointed direct to the selection grade his seniority would be below that of the appellant and dr.
the order of appointment by the governumber was issued on 10 may 1963.
a class i officer on promotion to the selection grade is entitled to rs.
pritam singh to the selection grade the seniority list of class i service to which the appellant and the two respondents belonged was number fixed because of representations made by various persons including the appellant and dr.
number 288 of 1968.
the judgment of the companyrt was delivered by ray j. this.is an appeal by special leave from the judg ment dated 13 august 1969 of the high companyrt of punjab and haryana.
on 9 december 1965 dr.
respondent number 2 dr.
the appellant and dr.
pritam singh in the selection grade to be in violation of the punjab civil medical service recruitment and companyditions of service rules 1940 on two broad grounds first that the appointment to the selection grade of punjab civil medical service companyld be only by promotion from punjab civil medical service class i and number by direct appointment and secondly even if dr.
respondent number 3 dr.
the time scale salary of class i service is rs.
l. sibbal advocate general punjab and r. n. sachthey for respondent number 1.
pritam singh is a fellow of the royal companylege of surgeons.
the government of punjab thereafter took steps of filling the post of the chief medical officer chandigarh on a permanent basis through the public service companymission.
a public numberice inviting applications for the post was issued under the authority of the companymission in the month of april 1963.
