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CASE NO.:
Appeal (civil) 378 of 1994
PETITIONER:
INDER JIT GUPTA & ORS.
Vs.
RESPONDENT:
UNION OF INDIA & ORS.
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 14/08/2001
BENCH:
Doraiswamy Raju, S.R.Babu
JUDGMENT:
RAJENDRA BABU, J. :
The appellants before us are serving in the Zoological Survey of
India under the control of the Ministry of Environment & Forests. Most
of them were appointed as Assistant Zoologists by direct recruitment and
some of them were promoted to the post of Assistant Zoologist under the
Zoological Survey of India (Central Service Class I and Class II posts]
Recruitment Rules, 1963, as amended from time to time. They
contended that they were governed by the Recruitment Rules, which
prescribed only the Master’s degree in Zoology as essential qualification
for the post of Assistant Zoologist and experience relating to the posts
above that of the Assistant Zoologist would be Scientist-B and so on.
Annexure-II to the Recruitment Rules provides the norms for recruitment
to the scientific posts as under:
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SC
Rs.2200
-75-
2800-
EB-100-
4000
SD
Rs.3000
-100-
3500-
125-
4500
SE
Rs.3700
-125-
4700-
150-
5000
SF
Rs.4500
-150-
5700
SG
Rs.5100
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-150-
5700-
200-
6300
G
Rs.5900-
200-6700
H
Rs.5900
-200-
7300
Master’s degree
in Science or
equivalent
Fresh