JUDGMENT - H.W. DHABE, J.:---The petitioner Nos. 1 to 13 have challenged in this petition the promotion of the respondents 3 to 29 on officiating basis from the posts of Assistant Shift Engineer to the posts of the Assistant Superintendent.

1. Briefly the facts are that the petitioners are all degree holders in Electrical / Mechanical Engineering of the recognised Universities. They were all originally appointed as Chargemen Grade I by an order dated 10-1-1977 in the service of the respondent No. 1 Maharashtra State Electricity Board (for short the Board) and posted at Thermal Power Station, Koradi. By an order dated 20-10-1978, they were promoted on ad hoc basis to the posts of the Assistant Shift Engineers in which posts they were given officiating promotions later on by an order dated 23-10-1980. The service history of the petitioners is given in Schedule 1 to the petition. It is not in dispute that as per regulations 5 and 8 of the Maharashtra State Electricity Board Classifications Recruitment Regulations, 1961 (for short the Recruitment Regulations) the posts of the Assistant Shift Engineers can be filled by departmental promotion form the cadre of the Chargeman Grade I am t

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