JUDGMENT

D.P. Wadhwa, J.-On his failure to succeed in the Central Administrative Tribunal ( Tribunal for short), (Allahabad Bench) in OA No. 244 of 1986 decided on June 29, 1987 the appellant has come to this Court in appeal. The appellant had prayed in his petition before the Tribunal for quashing the panel dated April 28, 1986 for promotion to the post of Chief Personnel Inspector in the Northern Railway. While D.K. Srivastava and P.N. Tripathi respectively respondents 4 and 5 were empanelled, the appellant could not make it. He also sought direction that he was entitled to appointment to this post of Chief Personnel Inspector.

2. Divisional Manager, Northern Railway, issued a letter on March 17 1986 for holding interviews for two posts of Chief Personnel Inspector from Divisional Personnel Inspectors. At the relevant time only four persons were eligible for filling up the post of Chief Personnel Inspector. They were :

(1) Rajkumar (S.C.)

(2) P.N. Tripathi (respondent No. 5)

(3) Siya Ram (the appellant)

(4) D.K. Srivastava (respondent 4).

At that time Rajkumar and P.N. Tripathi were working as Chief Personnel Inspe