JUDGMENT

VENKATARAMIAH, J. :— These appeals are filed against the judgment dated March 3, 1983 in Civil Writ Petition No. 2018 of 1981 on the file of the Punjab and Haryana High Court quashing the promotion of eight officers-of the Class II Engineering Service of the Haryana Public Works Department (Building and Roads Branch) (hereinafter referred to as the Class II Service) as Executive Engineers in the Haryana Service of Engineers, Class I, Public Works Department (Buildings and Roads Branch) (hereinafter referred to as the Class I Service). The said officers are S. L. Gupta, I. C. Dewan, S. K. Chopra, Bodh Raj, A. S. Parmar, O. P. Gupta, Sumair Chand Jain and G. L. Sharma. They entered the Class II Service in accordance with the Punjab Service of Engineers, Class II, P. W. D. (Buildings and Roads Branch) Rules, 1965 (hereinafter referred to as the Class II Rules) on the dates mentioned against their names in the following table :

Name Date of entry into Class II Service S. No. in the gradation list of Class II Service

1. S. L. Gupta 19-8-1969 54

2. I. C. Dewan 29-1-1970 62

3. S. K. Chopra 29-1-1969 63

4. Bodh Raj 14-8-1969 65

5. A. S. Parmar 20-2-1970 66

6. O. P. Gupta 14-8-1969