THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT,(HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH)
N.UNNI KRISHNAN NAIR
Pratul Kr Das, S/o- Late Amulya Kr. Das – Appellant
Versus
State Of Assam, Represented By The Commissioner And Secretary To The Government Of Assam, Labour And Employment Department – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
N. UNNI KRISHNAN NAIR, J.
1. Heard Mr. S. Borthakur, learned counsel for the petitioners. Also heard Mr. S.P. Das, learned standing counsel, Employment and Craftsmen Training appearing for the respondents.
2. The petitioners in the present proceeding have prayed for a direction upon the respondent authorities for promoting them from the cadre of Senior Instructor to the cadre of Supervisor by reckoning that the post of Instructor (Social Studies) and Instructor (English language) as held by them to be included within the cadre of “Senior Instructor” as finding mention in Rule 3(c)(iv) of the Assam Craftsman Training Service Rules , 1993 (in short “the Rules of 1993).
3. The petitioner Nos. 1, 2 & 3 were appointed as Instructor (Social Studies) in the various Industrial Training Institutes (ITI) of the State on 24-10-1997, 27-12-1993 and 07-03-2010 respectively. The petitioner No. 4 similarly was appointed as Instructor (English language) in the ITI Guwahati on 17-03-2010. The petitioners on their appointment were extended with the scale of pay as authorized to the post of Senior Instructor, in terms of the scale of pay as set out in schedule-1 to the Rules of 1993. The peti
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