Whether approved for reporting?¹1 Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment?

For the petitioner(s): Mr. Adarsh K. Vashista, Advocate, for petitioner(s) in CWP Nos.7809 of 2022.

Mr. Shrawan Dogra, Senior Advocate with Mr. Tejasvi Dogra, Advocate, for the petitioner(s) in CWP Nos.12, 15, 18 and 19 of 2023.

For the respondents: Mr. Balram Sharma, Dy. SGI with Mr. Rajeev Sharma, Advocate, for the respondent-UOI.

Mr. K.D. Shreedhar, Senior Advocate with Ms. Shreya Chauhan, Advocate, for the respondent-NIT.

Jiya Lal Bhardwaj, Judge

Since common questions of law and facts are involved in all these petitions, they have been taken up for disposal together and the facts of CWP No.12 of 2023 are considered in this common judgment.

2. The facts as emerge from pleadings are that the petitioner was appointed as Lecturer with respondent No.1-Institute on 25.07.2000. All India Council for Technical Education (in short AICTE) had framed Revised Career Advancement Scheme for Teachers of Degree Level Technical Education, 2004 to govern the promotions etc. for teachers of all National Institute of Technologies (hereinafter referred as ‘NITs’). Respondent No.1 under