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Supreme Court of India

U.P. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, ALLAHABADversusVINOD KUMAR SRIVASTAVA AND ORS.

Citation
1995 INSC 431
Decided
31 July 1995
Disposal
Disposed off

Holding

The Court held that the promotion claims of the other officers must be considered and finalized, directing the Government to implement the Public Service Commission's recommended list within the quota prescribed by Rule 5.

Summary

The Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission selected candidates for the post of Assistant Labour Commissioners and sent the list to the Government for approval, subject to the outcome of a writ petition filed by a candidate who later retired. The appeal concerned the promotion claims of other officers under Rule 5 of the U.P. Labour Service Rules, 1991, which mandates a 50% promotion quota and 50% direct recruitment for twenty‑three available posts. The Selection Committee had considered inter‑se claims and forwarded its recommendations. The Court held that the pending writ petition does not bar consideration of the other officers' promotion claims and directed the Government to finalize the list as recommended by the Commission within the prescribed quota. Consequently, the Government must promote all recommended candidates to substantive posts, and the appeal was disposed of without costs.

Issues considered

  • Whether the Government must finalize the promotion list for other officers despite the pending writ petition.
  • Interpretation and application of Rule 5 of the U.P. Labour Service Rules, 1991 regarding the promotion quota.

Legislation cited

Subjects

promotionpublic service commissionRule 5quotalabour serviceUttar Pradeshcivil appellate jurisdictioninter se claims

Judgment

A             U.P. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, ALLAHABAD
                                                                                   ..
                                   v.
                   VINOD KUMAR SRIVASTAVA AND ORS.

                                   JULY 31, 1995

B               [K. RAMASWAMY AND K.S. PARIPOORNAN, JJ.]

             U.P. Labour SelVice Rules, 1991: Rule 5

             Assistant Labour Commissioners-Promotion-Directions regarding.
c          The Public Service Commission selected candidates for the post of
     Assistant Labour Commissioners and forwarded the select list to the
     Government for approval subject to the result of a writ petition filed by a
     candidate who has since retired.

           Disposing the appeal with regard to the claim of the other officers,
D
     this Court

            HELD : The claims of others for promotion require to be considered
     and finalised. The Government is directed to finalise the list as recom-
     mended by the Public Service Commission and then make promotion to
E    the substantive posts according to Rules of all the persons recommended
     by the Public Service Commission within the quota prescribed under Rule
     5 of the U.P. Labour Service Rules, 1991. [425-C-D]

             CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION: Civil Appeal No. 7400 of
     1995.
F
          From the Judgment and Order dated 19.5.94 of the Allahabad High J
     Court in C.M.W.P. No. Nil of 1994.

             Gaurab Banerjee and Devendra Singh for the Appellants.

·G           Goodwill Indeevar for the Respondent

             Ms. Rachna Gupta and AK. Srivastava for the Respondent No. 3-4.

             The following Order of the Court was delivered :

H            Leave granted.
                                         424
..            U.P. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMN. v. V.K. SRIVASTAVA             425

            We have heard the counsel for the parties. The admitted facts as A
     transpired from the record are that the Assistant Labour Commissioners
     are eligible to be promoted according to Rule 5 of the U.P. Labour Service
     Rules , 1991 to their quota of 50%. The balance 50% shall be filled in by
     direct recruitment. Twenty- three posts are available for promotion. The
     Selection Committee consisting of members of the Public Service Commis- B
     sion and the Departmental personnel considered the inter se claims from
     feeder posts on September 13, 1993 and forwarded to the Government the
     select list for approval subject to the result in W.P. No. 5744/86. One Mr.
     Awasthi who filed that writ petiton has since been retired as Dy Labour
     Officer pursuant to the direction issued by the Court, the claims of others
     for promotion require to be considered and finalised. We direct the C
     Government to finalise the list as recommended by the Public Service
     Commission and then. make promotion to the substantive posts according
     to Rules of all the persons recommended by the Public Service Commission
     within the quota prescribed under the Rules. The appeal is disposed of.
     No costs.
                                                                              D
     T.N.A.                                             Appeal disposed of.


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