IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

CIVIL APPEAL No. 5314 OF 2007

K.A. Nagamani

…Appellant

Versus

Indian Airlines & Ors.

…

Respondents

J U D G M E N T

B.SUDERSHAN REDDY, J.

This appeal has been filed against the judgment

and order of the High Court of Delhi passed in LPA (C)

No. 1069 of 2004 affirming the judgment of the

learned Single Judge in CWP No. 2338 of 1991.

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2.

Brief facts needed for disposal of this appeal are

as under:

3.

The appellant Ms. K.A. Nagamani was appointed

as a Programmer with the Indian Airlines in the year

1984. The designation of the post of Programmer was

changed to that of System Officer in the year 1985.

The appellant was promoted to the next higher post of

Assistant Manager (Systems) in the Department of

Electronic Data Processing (for short ‘EDP’) sometime

in the year 1986 and confirmed in the said post on

15.9.1987. The EDP consisted of four divisions viz.

Software, Hardware, Data Communications and

Computer Operations.

Indian Airlines Officers’

Association vide its representations dated 19.9.1990

and 28.9.1990 suggested and requested the

Management to merge