PRADEEP NANDRAJOG,J. - (1.) For the appellant Anil Bhandari it is a case of operation successful patient dead. Agreeing with the view propounded by him in S.B.Civil Writ Petition No. 2613/1991 as also S.B.Civil Writ Petition No. 4156/1997, vide common judgment dated 30th March, 2017, the writ petitions have been dismissed.
(2.) This explains Anil Bhandari having filed two appeals. In so far as the learned Single Judge having agreed with the contentions advanced by Anil Bhandari, the United India Insurance Company Limited has filed the other two captioned appeals.
(3.) Relevant facts qua S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 2613/1991 are that there existed a promotion policy as per which Senior Assistants became entitled to be promoted as Assistant Administrative Officers. Promotions could be made for those candidates who were eligible as per para 30 of the promotion policy as also para 31 thereof. The case of Anil Bhandari was for being considered to be promoted under Clause-30. Of the 30 notified vacancies for the post of Assistant Administrative Officer, 20 were to be filled up as per Clause-30 and 10 as per Clause-31 for the vacancy year 1989. Candidates were informed to appear before the Interview Committee, which was also the Selection Committee for the reason apart from seniority, qualifications, work record; 20 marks had to be assigned at the interview. Clause 14 of the policy required the Committee to comprise three members. One of the rank of Manager and two of the rank of Dy. Manager. As per a note appended to Clause-14 of the policy one member had to be from SC/ST community. As per Anil Bhandari when he reached the venue of the interview he found that the Interview Committee comprised four members: T.D. Sundarrajan, A.N. Pawa, Som Nath Viz and Bal Kishore. Bal Kishore was holding the post of Assistant Manager. Anil Bhandari refused to participate at the interview. For the next year (1990) vacancies became available. Anil Bhandari was called to appear at the interview and was also informed that he should produce a certificate of membership from the insurance institute. As per him this condition could not be made applicable for the vacancies of the year 1990. As was the grievance for the previous year, Anil Bhandari has a grievance that the Interview Committee which held interviews on 1.5.1991 comprised four members: Mrs. Meenakshi, E.S.N. Murti, A.D. Gupta and S.K. Gotwal. The first being of the rank of Manager, the other Dy. Managers and the third Administrative Officer. He did not participate in the interview and filed the writ petition praying that the interviews be held again by constituting proper Committees and that the United India Insurance Company should not insist for membership of the insurance institute.;