Judgment

VENKATARAMIAH, J.:- The Municipal Corporation of Greater Bombay (hereinafter referred to as the Corporation) and some of its officers have filed this appeal by special leave against the judgment and Order dated 20-12-1982 passed in Appeal No. 709 of 1982 on the file of the High Court of Bombay affirming the judgment dated 23-11-1982 of the learned single Judge in Writ Petition No. 579 of 1981 in which the learned single Judge had issued a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the Corporation to implement its Resolution No. 567 dated 12-9-1975 directing reservation of certain vacancies while making promotions from a lower cadre to a higher cadre for the employees of the Corporation belonging to certain sections of backward classes with effect from 23-5-1974.

2. The Government of Maharashtra passed a resolution on 23-5-1974 providing for reservation for certain sections of backward classes at the stage of promotion in the services under the State. Under that resolution the Government provided that in Class I, Class II and Class III posts in which the element of direct recruitment did not exceed 50 per cent where promotion was to be made on the basis of seniority subject to