The Writ Petition filed by the appellant was allowed and the learned Single Judge held that the present appellant Ram Shankar Bhattarcharjee was senior to respondents number.
His service was companyfirmed on 20.6.1990 at the Principal seat of the High Court at Gauhati and on 9.6.1992 he was transferred to the Agartala Bench of Gauhati High Court as Stenographer Grade I. The claim of the appellant was that on his transfer to the Agartala Bench of the Gauhati High Court, the Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court was pleased to adjust him as a member of the staff of the Agartala Bench temporarily and he was promoted to the post of Private Secretary to Honble Judge at Agartala Bench in the scale of pay of Rs.
He joined the service on 28.8.1987 whereas the respondent No.
The respondent number.
4 5 filed a writ appeal before the High Court and the Division Bench set aside the Judgment of the learned Single Judge, and held that the present appellant Ram Shankar Bhattacharjee was junior to Respondent Nos.
3000 90 3730 95 4100 100 5000 plus other allowances admissible under the rules and his pay was fixed in the scale of pay of Rs.3000 5000 with effect from 23.5.1992.
He was companyfirmed in his post with effect from 23.8.1990 at the Principal seat of the High Court at Gauhati.
That finding of the Division Bench is challenged before us.
According to the appellant, his posting as Private Secretary at the Agartala Bench was a promotional posting and thus he gained seniority over the present respondents 4 5, namely, Saradindu Bhattacharjee Junior and Manik Dey.
4 Saradindu Bhattacharjee Junior was appointed as Stenographer Grade I on 28.7.1986 at Agartala Bench and later on he was transferred to the Principal seat of the Gauhati High Court on 2.12.1986 and by an order dated 2.4.1990, his service was companyfirmed as Stenographer Grade I at the Agartala Bench.
The present appellant filed a Writ Petition before the High Court claiming seniority over respondents 4 5.
Respondent No.
Respondent number 5 was appointed as Stenographer Grade I on 12.6.1987 and was companyfirmed on 20.6.1990.
4 was appointed as early as 28.7.1986 as Stenographer Grade I and he was companyfirmed on 2.4.1990.
Thereafter, he was transferred to the Agartala Bench of the Gauhati High Court on 14.3.1988 in a resultant vacancy that was caused on promotion of one Saradindu Bhattacharjee senior .
Respondent number 5 Manik Dey was appointed as a Stenographer Grade I on 12.6.1987 at the Principal seat of the Gauhati High Court.
Going by the date of appointment, it companyld be seen that the present appellant was appointed as Stenographer Grade I only on 12.6.1987.
G. BALAKRISHNAN, J. This is an appeal directed against the Judgment of the Division Bench of the High Court of Gauhati at Agartala Bench.
The appellant Ram Shankar Bhattacharjee was appointed as Stenographer Grade I on 12.6.1987 at the Principal seat of the Gauhati High Court and he joined duties on 28.8.1987.
