Departmental Promotion Committee was meeting in the year
1970. If it had taken into consideration the service put in
by the departmental candidates till ... Departmental Promotion Committee made its
recommendations on the basis of the records of service and
seniority of each of the departmental candidate
cadre in the post
offices hereafter called departmental candidates, and
(b) Outside candidates.
4-Condiitons for departmental candidates: A
departmental candidate should have ... examination.
5. Conditions for outside candidates- The following
conditions will apply to outside candidates:
(a) A candidate must be-
(i) a citizen of India
category and departmental category, the five writ petitioners found that their
merit position was lower in the merit panel of the departmental candidates
and thus ... case of general candidate and 40 years in the
case of candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste/Scheduled
Tribes Candidates."
15. From a perusal
their strengths. Entry into this service was open to "departmental candidates" by a procedure laid down in Rule 5 for the initial Constitution ... Information and Broadcasting as members, to determine the suitability of departmental candidates for appointment to the different grades and to prepare an order of preference
procedure for
in service candidates as well as for outside candidates wherein as compared
to general category candidates, SC/ST candidates were to be given ... departmental
candidates at the departmental examination can be applicable only when in
such examination, the departmental candidates belonging to general category
also compete with
very same date the examination was also held for the
departmental candidates to be appointed on the posts of JAOs.
7. The result ... providing higher qualifying
marks in comparison to the marks required by departmental
candidates.
12. On the other hand, learned counsel for the respondents
submitted that
Amendment) Rules 1966 are as follows :
"7A.Appointment of departmental candidates :
(1)As soon as may be after the commencement of the Central Health ... Service (Amendment) Rules 1966
(A)Every departmental candidate who was appointed immediately before such commencement to any post in Category A or Category
provision has been made by instructions for departmental officers to make recommendations in respect of deserving departmental candidates to condone or relax conditions ... selection committee is a departmental candidate but only applies when the candidate is a non-departmental candidate when the post is to be filled
appointed; of these 44 persons were already working as Junior Engineers (departmental candidates) in the very Corporation, and the remaining 16 were outside candidates ... case, the circular dated 30.6.1989, issued to the departmental employees clearly stated - 'The departmental candidates fulfillling the under mentioned qualification may also apply
years for general category candidates, 33 years for
OBC category candidates and 35 years in case of
candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes/Scheduled
Tribes ... significant
changes. First, the words "limited departmental competitive test" for 10%
reserved posts for departmental candidates under the 50% direct
recruitment quota were
