JUDGMENT

PATTANAIK, J. - Leave granted.

2. This appeal by special leave is directed against the order dated 5-9-1995 of the Central Administrative Tribunal, Patna Bench, Patna in Devendra Narayan Singh v. Union of India [(1996) 2 SLJ (CAT) 322 (Pat)]. The appellants who had been recruited to the Bihar State Police Service in the year 1969 were promoted to the Indian Police Service in the year 1987 in accordance with the provisions of the Indian Police Service (Appointment by Promotion) Regulations, 1955 (hereinafter referred to as the "Promotion Regulations"). On being appointed to the cadre of IPS they were assigned the year of allotment as 1981 by the Central Government. They challenged the said order and claimed that their year of allotment should be 1979 before the Tribunal. The Tribunal by the impugned judgment rejected their claim and having dismissed the OA, the present appeal has been preferred.

3. The case of the appellants in a nutshell is that they having been appointed to the Bihar State Police Service on 1-9-1969 were eligible for being considered to be included in the Select List prepared under Regulation 5 of the Promotion Regulations since 1977. But the Committee co