Delivered By Hon'ble Sri B. Lal, Chairman:

1. Present claim petition has been filed by the petitioners for setting aside the impugned order dated 1.10.2007 to the extent it relates to the petitioners. Petitioners also prayed to consider their case for promotion to the post of Executive Engineer against available vacancies or in alternative to consider their cases for officiation on the post of Executive Engineers as given to other persons who are junior to them. The order has also been challenged being violative to Government of Uttarakhand direction contained in office order dated 23.6.2003.

2. Heard Sri M.C.Pant learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Umesh Dhaundiyal, Learned Assistant Presenting Officer and Sri J.P.Kansal learned counsel for the respondents.

3. Brief facts of the case are that petitioners were initially appointed as Junior Engineers (Civil) on substantive posts and thereafter approved by Public Service Commission in accordance with the Subordinate Engineering Service Rules 1951. The detail of their appointments and seniority have been given as follows :

SI. No Names Initial date Seniority Seniority Date of

of No. as stood No. in final promotion a