Dr. P.P.C. Rawani And Ors. Etc vs Union Of India And Ors on 29 October, 1991
5. We have given our anxious consideration to the submissions made by learned Counsel on both parties and have also perused the records. We find that the Apex Court has made an in-depth examination of issue involved in this case, while dealing with on identical case of similarly placed Officers of Central Health Services i.e. Dr. P.P.C. Rawani and Ors. v. U.O.I. and Ors. and Dr. Harbans Singh and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors. in Civil Miscellaneous Petition No. 8076 of 1997 in C.A. No. 3519 of 1984 and Writ Petition (Civil) Nos. 2620-59 of 1985 and I.A. Nos. 3, 5,6 and 7 of 1990, decided on October 29, 1991 [Reported in (1992)1 Supreme Court Cases, 331]. The Apex Court on detailed examination of the issues includes decided the broad principles to determine the inter-se-seniority of direct recruits v. Ad hoc appointees in Group 'A' cadre and had issued a direction to regularize the ad hoc appointees in Group 'A' cadre w.e.f. January 1, 1973 or the date of their original substantive in accordance with rules whichever is later. The issue has been debated by the Apex Court in Paras 2, 3 and 4 of the aforesaid judgment, which for convenience is reproduced as under: