Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, July 9: The High Court today stayed the seniority position of both degree as well as diploma holders of Junior Engineers in Power Development Department.
Justice M K Hanjura stayed the operation of Government order No. 268-PDD of 2017 dated 15.12.2017 along with other subsequent orders as well as circular whereby by the seniority of 1258 JEs (Electric) degree holders and 907 JEs (Electric) diploma holders were assigned the position in the branch of PDD.
Court after taking over all view of the matter filed by two degree holder JEs, stayed all the orders passed by PDD whereby seniority of degree as well as diploma holder JEs was fixed.
Court has sought reply from Commissioner/Secretaries of Law and PDD to the petition by or before July 21. The petitioners Munshi Majid Ali and Sheikh Ibaad submitted that the authorities have wrongly assigned the seniority position of JEs diploma with JEs degree holders.
They submitted that some of the diploma holder JEs have played a mischief, and got appointed as diploma holders, as they (diploma holders) have a better and higher ratio of quota available for appointment as JEs in comparison to the degree holders and such claim the benefit of degree having obtained by them prior to their appointment.
Petitioner apprised the court that the exercise taken by the authorities is tainted with malice and illegal as also the opinion extended by the Law department and the conclusion drawn thereof by the Law department is illegal and against the settled principle and proposition of rule.
Petitioners are seeking quashing of opinion given by the Law department as also the orders passed and circular of PDD and seeking consideration for promotion to the next higher post of AEs (Electrical) to the exclusion of diploma hoder-JEs.
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