appellant O.P. Lather was only a Diploma holder, and as the Diploma Certificate obtained by him was number from a recognised university, he was disqualified to be promoted to the cadre of Executive Engineer.
Consequently, the appellants herein, namely, O.P. Lather, P.D. Sharma and Daya Nand were promoted to the posts of Executive Engineer by proceedings dated 26th October, 1999.
of Haryana on 26th October, 1999, was challenged by Satish Kumar Kakkar in a writ petition C.W.P. No.
15317 of 1999, the present appeals are filed by the party respondents and the State of Haryana respectively.
of Haryana issued an executive order on 7th October, 1999 whereby it was clarified that the Three Years Diploma in Electrical Engineering, awarded by the State Board of Technical Education, Haryana, would be treated as equivalent to Diploma in Electrical Engineering from a recognised university.
4341 42 of 2000 were number entitled to be promoted as Executive Engineers and that the claim of the petitioner in the writ petitions shall be companysidered.
15317 of 1999 companytending that numbere of them possessed the requisite qualification for being promoted as Executive Engineer and the Division Bench of the High Court accepted his companytention and quashed the promotions.
G. BALAKRISHNAN, J. Leave granted.
LITTTTTTTJ Aggrieved by the judgment of the Division Bench of Punjab Haryana High Court at Chandigarh in C.W.P. No.
By the impugned judgment, the Division Bench held that the companytesting party respondents appellants in the civil appeals arising from S.L.P. Civil Nos.
9655 of 1999 and C.W.P. No.
Subsequent to this judgment, the Govt.
The order passed by the Govt.
