'd h d t' fi t Association W e propose to cons1 er t e secon ques 10n rs , on the assumption that matters b,f promotin . are Generalanager, " matters relating to employment ' . So multifar10us Central Railways are the activities of the State that employment of men for the purpose of these activities has by the very Das Gupta J. nature of things to be in different departments of the State and inside each department, in many different classes. For each such class there 11ore separate rules fixing the number of personnel of each class, posts to which the men in that class will be appointed, questions of seniority, pay of different posts, the manner in which promotion will be effected from the lower grades.of pay to the higher grades, e.g., whether on the result of periodical examination or by seniority, or by selection or on some other basis-and other cognate matters. Each such class can be reasonably considered to be a separate and in many matters independent entity with its own rules of recruitment, pay and prospects and other conditions of service which may vary considerably between one class and another. A member joins a particular class on recruitment ; he leaves the class on retirement or death or dismissal, discharge, resignation or other modes of termination of service, or by joining another class of employees whether by promotion thereto or direct recruitment thereto on passing some examination or by selection in some other mode.
