Engineering Diplomates Association vs National Water Supply and Drainage Board – CA WRIT/403/2013-2015

In the case between the Engineering Diplomates Association, Technical Officers Union, and individual NWSDB members (Petitioners) and the National Water Supply and Drainage Board, as well as persons promoted as Engineers (Respondents), the court addressed whether the NWSDB’s decision to promote certain Engineers from Board Grade 6 (MM1-1) to Board Grade 5 (MM1-1) was unlawful, arbitrary, or ultra vires. The court further considered whether the Engineers Union, representing potentially affected members, should be permitted to intervene in the proceedings, given claims of direct impact on its members’ rights. It was determined that objections to intervention did not preclude the Engineers Union from demonstrating sufficient and legitimate interest in the subject matter, thus meeting the requi