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J U D G M E N T S. SAGHIR AHMAD. J.
The appellants as also respondents 2 to 7 were permanent Junior Scale Stenographers in the Secretariat and other Government Departments. For promotion to the post of Senior Scale Stenographer, they were required to possess a speed of 80 words per minute in shorthand and 40 words per minute in typewriting. They could not attain that standard, but the spate of litigation filed by them against each other in quick succession, did really match their speed, whatever it be, in shorthand and typewriting. Without showing sings of fatigue and breathlessness, they started the litigation in 1984 and now in 1998 they seem to be, today, at the and of the litigative race.
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(i) 75% by selection from class II category `B' having not less than 3 years service in that category and on the basis of a test in shorthand and typewriting for which minimum speed should be 80 and 40 words per minute respectively :
Provided that in the case of such Junior Scale Stenographers of the Civil Secretariat as have attained the age of fifty years or above, the Government may consider, on individual basis and with due regard to merit, seniority and suitability, their appointment to the posts of Senior Scale Stenographers without appearing in the prescribed test.
(ii) 25% by direct recruitment from the in-service candidates having not less than 5 years service in the category of Junior Stenographers and on the basis of a test in shorthand and typewriting for which the minimum speed should be 80 and 40 words per minute respectively.
3. In 1984, a number of vacancies in the cadre of Senior Scale Stenographer were available. Since the Rule contemplated a test for the selection of suitable candidates for appointment as Senior Scale Stenographer, a requisition was sent by the State Government to the State Recruitment Board constituted under the J&K Civil Service (Decentralised Recruitment to Non-Gazetted Cadres) Rules, 1969 to hold the test.
4. Out of 100 candidates drawn from Secretariat and other Government department, who were called for the test held on 4.12.1984, only 78 appeared in the test of which the result was communicated to the Government by the Secretary of the STATE Recruitment Board on 2.1.1985, indicating that only six had qualified in the test as they alone were found to possess a speed of 80 words per minute in shorthand and 40 words per minute in typewriting. The names of those six candidates were consequently recommended for appointment as Senior Scale Stenographer. The Recruitment Board, however, made a further recommendation as under: