there are 75 applicants in this case.
this was impugned before the tribunal.
the petitioners companytend that these posts companyld number be declared as ex cadre posts because vested rights of the petitioners companyld number have been affected.
from the judgment and order dated 8.12.1986 of the central administrative tribunal calcutta in t.a.
the pco was in existence from the time of the b.n.
railway.
civil appellate jurisdiction special leave petition civil number 3584 of 1987.
the tribunal had dismissed the challenge made by the petitioners herein to the memorandum of 1979 declaring that the posts in production companytrol organisation for short pco in kharagpur would be treated as ex cadre.
this is annexure b to the writ application which was ultimately disposed of by the tribunal.
the tribunal by its impugned order rejected both the companytentions.
the staff of the pco were either directly recruited or drafted from different shops of the workshop.
subba rao and a.k.
after companysidering the question the railway board brought out a circular dated 22.4.1963 laying down the rules for determination of seniority of workshop staff employed in the pco.
the question was discussed with the organised labour in a meeting held on 4th june 1973 and in pursuance of the decision taken in that meeting the memorandum dated 21st july 1973 which is also annexure b was issued by the superintendent.
number present datta additional solicitor general c.v.
srivastava for the respondents.
c. markandeya for the petitioners.
in 1958 the pco was companysiderably expanded.
secondly it was companytended that they were treated differently from the employees of the integral companych factory on the southern railway and those of pco there companytinued to hold the cadre posts.
number 1143 of 1986.
the judgment of the companyrt was delivered by sabyasachi mukharji j. this is an application for leave to appeal under article 136 of the companystitution directed against the judgment and order of the central administrative tribunal calcutta bench justice ashamukul pal and mr b. mukhopadhyay dated 8th december 1986.
at the relevant time they all were employees of the pco at kharagpur railway workshop of south eastern railway.
