LPA/20/2017

NEUTRAL CITATION C/LPA/20/2017 CAV JUDGMENT DATED: 08/05/2026 2026:GUJHC:32323-DB Reserved On : 04/05/2026 Pronounced On : 08/05/2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/LETTERS PATENT APPEAL NO. 20 of 2017 In R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION/12052/2000 ========================================================== STATE OF GUJARAT Versus R P CHATURVEDI & ORS. ========================================================== Appearance: MS VAISHNAVI VERMA, AGP for the Appellant MR AK CLERK for the Respondents ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.S.SANJAY GOWDA and HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE J. L. ODEDRA CAV JUDGMENT (PER : HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.S.SANJAY GOWDA) 1. The Respondents Nos.1 to 4 herein were appointed in 1978 while the Respondent No 5 was appointed in 1980, as Medical Officers (Class-III) by the Gujarat Panchayat Services Selection Board. 2. It was their case that their only promotional post had been clearly indicated in the Gujarat Medical Service Class II Recruitment Rules 1977 at the time of their recruitment as Class-III Medical Officers and that they would be entitled to be promoted to these Class-II posts on rendering meritor