A the basis of principle contained in the above referred O.M. It may be seen from the seniority list which is based on the principle contained in the O.M. that the six direct recruits of 1995 batch, namely, Ms. l.K. Kochhar, Mr. A.K. Pathak, Mr. S.S. Mathur, Mr. P.S. Teji, Mr. l.S. Mehta and Mr. Lal Singh who all were ap.. B pointed against the substantive vacancies in their quota on 71 9.3.1995 would become junior to the promotee officers, Mr. Ajit Bharihoke, Mr. D.K. Saini, Mr. R.S. Khanna, Mr. S.K. Tandon and Mr. Prem Kumar who were promoted from DJS to DHJS on 24.8.1995 against vacancies that became available to them cafter the appointment of the above named six direct recruits.In the same way, the seven direct recruits of 1997 batch, namely, Mr. V.P. Vaish, Mr. S.N. Gupta, Mr. S.C. Malik, Mr. A.K. Chawla, Mr. Vinod Goel, Mr. R.P.S. Teji and Mr. S.C. Rajan appointed - against substa11tive vacancies in the quota of direct recruits on D21.4.1997 would become junior to the promotee officersMr. Mahavir Singhal, Mr. S.K. Sarvaria, Mr. P.C. Ranga, Mr. Babu Lal, Mr. D.C. Anand, Mr O.P. Gupta, Mr. C.K. Chaturvedi, Mr. A.S. Yadav, Mr. R.K. Gauba, Mr. H.S. Sharma, Mr. J.R. Aryan, Mr. K.S. Pal, Mr. M.K. Gupta and Ms. Sangita Dhingra Sehgal, who were promoted from DJS to DHJS after them on E 20.11.1997. Similarly, the three direct recruits of 2000 batch, namely, Mr. Rajnish Bhatnagar, Mr. Rakesh Siddartha and Mr. Amar Nath appointed in the direct recruit quota against substantive vacancies on 26.5.2000 would become junior to the promotee officers, Mr. N.P. Kaushik, Ms. Asha Menon, Mr. F Pradeep Chaddah and Mr. Narender Kr. Sharma promoted to DHJS on 16.8.2000. None of the abovenamed promotee officers was even promoted to the cadre of DHJS when the above named direct recruits over whom they are proposed to be made senior were appointed in the cadre of DHJS against substanG tive vacancies. Those promotee officers were Working as subJudges/Metropolitan Magistrates in the cadre of Delhi Judicial Service at the time the above named direct recruits were appointed as Additional District Judges in the cadre of DHJS. We are of the view that by no stretch of imagination or legal fiction, Ha promotee officer workinginthe lower cadre can be made
