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VAIBHAVI D. NANAVATI
Jitendra Natvarlal Shah – Appellant
Versus
State of Gujarat – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Vaibhavi D. Nanavati, J.
1. Since the issued involved in both the captioned petitions is the same and analogous, both the petitions are heard and disposed of by this common judgment. The petition being Special Civil Application No.16544 of 2016 be treated as the lead matter.
2. By way of the present petitions, the petitioners challenged the order dated 29.03.2016 passed by the respondent no.1 – authority rejecting the claim of the petitioner for up-gradation.
3. Brief facts leading to filing of the present petitions read thus:-
3.1. The petitioner came to be appointed as Assistant Lecturer on 11.07.1983 on ad-hoc basis in the Textile Chemistry Department of R.C. Technical Institute, Ahmedabad and was lastly serving as Assistant Lecturer in Textile Chemistry Department in RCTI, Ahmedabad and retired with effect from 14.06.2016 and thus, from the date of joining till the date of retirement, all though, the petitioner worked on post of Assistant Lecturer, the same was without any promotion.
3.2. It is the case of the petitioner that by order dated 20.04.1992, the services of the petitioner came to be regularized with effect from 11.07.1983. It is the case of the petitioner that o
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