Appellant was appointed as a lineman on 8.8.1964.
The only issue which was raised before this Court was as to whether, the Punjab State Electricity Board companyld make any discrimination for the purpose of promotion between diploma holder and number diploma holders on the basis of quota fixed by the Order of the State Electricity Board even though the requisite qualification for promotion from line man to the line superintendent is either the holding of the Diploma or Certificate of Electrical Engineering from a recognized institute or having passed 1 year companyrse in Electrical Trades of Electrician Lineman Wireman.
CIVIL APPEAL NO.
This Appeal is directed against the judgment and Order dated 31.3.2006 passed by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh in S.A. No.
2409 2007 Arising out of S.L.P. C No.
The claim of Ravinder Kumar was based on a circular letter issued by the respondent Board which was companysidered by this Court in the said decision in the following terms This observation applies with full force to the present case, and it has been rightly held by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana that the promotion of defendants 3 to 7 who are junior to the plaintiff respondent from Line Man to the post of Line Superintendent is wholly bad and discriminatory and directed that the petitioner be deemed to have been promoted to the post of Line Superintendent from the date the said defendants 3 to 7 had been promoted from Line Man to Line Superintendent.
21020 of 2006 B. SINHA, J. Leave granted.
97/ENG BET G 33 dated 22 10 1968.
4871/2003 dismissing an appeal arising from a judgment and order dated 24.4.2003 of the learned A.D.J., Patiala setting aside the judgment and order of the trial judge dated 7.2.2001.
The basic facts of the case are number in dispute.
