JUDGMENT

Civil Appeal No. 7717 of 1994 :

S.P. Kurdukar, J.-This is a third round of litigation whereby challenge to the seniority list of the Sales Tax Inspectors in the Sales Tax Department, Maharashtra, was made by promotees/departmental candidates (for short the promotees ) against the direct recruits in respect of their placements in the seniority list. These two civil appeals in strict sense cannot be said to be connected involving indentical questions of inter se seniority save and except that they relate to the fixation of seniority of the Sales Tax Inspectors in their cadre in the Sales Tax Department of Maharashtra. Civil Appeal No. 7717 of 1994 is filed by the Maharashtra Vikrikar Karamchari Sangathan, the appellant (for short the promotees ) assailing the legality and correctness of the judgment and order dated 23rd March, 1994 passed by the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal, Bombay Bench in Original Application No. 690-A of 1993 (for short O.A. ). This O.A. was filed by the promotees challenging the correctness of the final seniority list notified and published on 28th December, 1992 and amended on 29th October, 1993. This seniority list of Sales Tax Inspectors came