ORAL JUDGMENT

Date : 18-03-2025

This Court has heard Mr. Y V Giri, learned Senior Advocate along with Mr. Rakesh Mohan Singh, learned Advocate for the petitioners and Mr. Prem Ranjan Raj, learned Advocate for the State. The intervenor respondents have appeared through Mr. Lalit Kishore, learned Senior Advocate along with Mr. Prabhu Nath Pathak, learned Advocate.

2. The petitioners, before this Court, are the Junior Engineers, who acquired qualification of Associate Membership of Institution of Engineers (hereinafter referred to as “AMIE”or equivalent qualification in the year 2011-2012, while some of them have obtained the qualification in the year 2005, 2008, 2009 and 2010 are aggrieved with the inaction of the respondents in not considering their cases for promotion to the post of Assistant Engineers under 10 per cent quota from the date of completion of five years of service as Junior Engineers, qua the available vacancy in the cadre of Assistant Engineers in [k terms of paragraph no. 4 ( ) of resolution contained in Memo No. 5008 (s) dated 22.07.1998. The petitioners further seek issuance of writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent authorities to shift back the da