BALJIT SINGH vs MANAGING DIRECTOR NATIONAL SEEDS CORPORATION LTD. & ANR.

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$~9 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Decided on: 14.02.2025 + W.P.(C) 8292/2007 & CM APPL. 15679/2007 BALJIT SINGH .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Aditya Narayan Tripathy, Dr. Kedar Nath Tripathy, Advocates. versus MANAGING DIRECTOR NATIONAL SEEDS CORPORATION LTD. & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Arunima Dwivedi, CGSC with Mr. Amit Dutta, Ms. Pinky Pawar and Ms. Kritika Sharma, Advocates. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN PRATEEK JALAN, J. (ORAL) 1. By way of this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution, the petitioner seeks a direction upon the respondent No. 1- National Seeds Corporation Ltd. [“Corporation”] to promote him to the post of Laboratory Assistant. 2. I have heard Mr. Aditya Narayan Tripathy, learned counsel for the petitioner, and Ms. Arunima Dwivedi, learned counsel for the Corporation. 3. The facts, as pleaded in the writ petition, are that the petitioner, who had attained educational qualifications up to 10 th Standard, was appointed in the laboratory of the Corporation on daily wages on Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:SHITU NAGPAL W.P.(C) 8292/2007 Page 1 of 7 Signing Date:17.02.2025 15:53:18 02.02.1977. He was appointed as a Laboratory Attendant after interview and selection, and joined the said post on 07.01.1984. The appointment of the petitioner to the post of Laboratory Attendant was admittedly ad hoc. 4. The promotional post from the post of a Laboratory Attendant is that of Laboratory Assistant. The recruitment rules for the post of Laboratory Assistant were amended by the Corporation, in the meeting of its Board of Directors on 07.08.2007. The amended Rules are reproduced below: “Recruitment Rules For The Post of Lab. Assistant (As amended by the Board in their 214th meeting held on 07.08.2007) 1 Name of the