Judgment

Rajendra Babu, J.-This appeal has been filed against the order of the Central Administrative Tribunal, Guwahati Bench (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Tribunal’) dated August 3, 1995 in Original Application No. 54 of 1991. The brief facts leading to this appeal are as follows:

2. The first appellant was recruited as an Office Clerk in the year 1979 and posted under Chief Personnel Officer, North Frontier Railway. He was promoted as Senior Clerk in 1981. The second appellant was recruited as Clerk Grade-II and was posted to work under the Financial Advisor and Chief Accounts Officer, North Frontier Railway, Maligaon, Guwahati. He was promoted as Accounts Assistant on April 1, 1988. A notification was issued on August 12, 1984 to fill the post of Law Assistant and applications were invited from the serving railway employees possessing a Degree in Law and having rendered five years service. The appellants offered themselves as candidates and partici­pated in the written test in which they were declared to have been successful. They also took viva-voce examination. Out of nine candi­dates three candidates were promoted as Law Assistants and two more candidates were promoted on a