- Rules of business 1985 — All the departments of Secretariat are mentioned in Rules of Business — In the schedule the law Department figures at serial No.19 — There can be no other view that Law Department is a part of Government Secretariat — No doubt certain qualifications have been laid down for certain posts in Law Department — The vacancy of Draftsman of Law Department, like Secretary Law is in B-20 and no person from Secretariat can ask for promotion against the posts merely on the basis of his seniority .The reason is that the people serving in Law department are required to possess professional and technical qualification — Under law the Government is legally competent to appoint any person in Law Department through transfer from any other branch of the civil Secretariat if in its wisdom he can fulfil the requirement of job in Law Department — Even direct induction can be made in the department — The prerogative of the Government to fill in the vacancy in Law Department cannot be questioned — The only criteria is that a person sent to serve in Law Department through transfer or by promotion must possess technical qualification — It is the requirement of public interest that a person should be adjusted against a post who is suitable and capable to meet the requirement of that post.AKGovt.v.Shakir Sh.2001 SCR 352 (A)
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