1722 of 1974.
1860 of 1975 was made by Nerwal against Bansal for the latter having been allowed in the meantime substituted preference for the posts to the ones given in the first instance in his application, and which led to his becoming a Punjab Civil Services Officer and Nerwal to be a Tehsildar, in the Allied services and had the substitution number been allowed the position would have been that Nerwal would have been in the P.C.S. and Bansal an Excise Taxation Officer.
Anil Dev Singh, P.P. Rao, O.P. Sharma, Janinder Lal, S. Das Bahl, R.C. Gubrela, R.S. Suri, R.S. Sodhi NP and S. Dhillon NP for the appearing parties.
From the Judgment and Order dated 14 2.1977 of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in Civil Writ Petition No.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by PUNCHHI, J. These two allied appeals arising from a companymon judgment of the Punjab and Haryana High Court at Chandigarh, in Civil Writ Petitions Nos.
Simultaneously Writ Petition No.
1172 of 1974 and 1860 of 1975, on grant of special leave, can appropriately be disposed of by a companymon judgment.
334 of 1978 for the post of Tehsildar in the Allied services.
From the Judgment and Order dated 14.2.1977 of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in Civil Writ Petition No.
The High Court negatived the challenge of Nerwal and his claim to be declared successful to a post in the Punjab Civil Service in preference to Bansal and thus dismissed Civil Writ Petition No.
The challenge thus was to the Commission having allowed substitution of the preference.
On the other hand challenge in Civil Writ Petition No.
In order to recruit 71 officers in the Punjab Civil Services Executive Branch and Allied services, the Punjab Public Service Commission, at the behest of the State of Punjab, held a companypetitive examination in December, 1972.
Out of the 71 candidates declared successful Shri V.M. Bansal, the appellant in Civil Appeal No.
Some of the unsuccessful candidates challenged this selection in its entirety on various grounds before the High Court through Civil Writ Petition No.
833 of 1977 was declared successful for a post in the Punjab Civil Service and Shri Jaswant Singh Nerwal, the appellant in Civil Appeal No.
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Civil Appeal No.
WITH Civil Appeal No.
The result of those who were declared qualified was published in the daily Tribune dated September 21, 1973.
As advertised 12 vacancies were for the Punjab Civil Services and the remaining for Allied Services.
1860 of 1975.
The applying candidates as per the requirement of the Punjab Civil Service Executive Branch Rules, 1930 for short the Rules specified the posts in order of preference in their respective applications.
1172 of 1974 preferred by the unsuccessful candidates was allowed in part inasmuch as the selection of Bansal as a Punjab Civil Service Officer and his companysequential appointment was quashed.
833 of 1977.
1172 of 1974.
334 of 1978.
1860 of 1975.
