( 1 ) THE present writ petition is filed seeking invalidation of G. O. Rt. No. 972 Higher education (CE. III) Department dated 13-12-2000 as illegal, arbitrary and in violation of rules and for a consequential direction to the respondents 1 to 4 to consider the case of the petitioner for promotion to the aided post of Junior lecturer in Mathematics in the 3rd respondent-College in terms of proceedings rc. No. G-3/103/2000 dated 18-11-2000 of the second respondent.

( 2 ) BY the order impugned in the writ petition, the 5th respondent was appointed as Junior Lecturer in Mathematics in the vacant aided post in the 3rd respondent- college. The 5th respondent had initially been appointed as a temporary Junior lecturer in 1993 consequent on the permanent incumbent absenting himself unauthorisedly. The services of the said permanent incumbent were terminated by the Management in the year 1997 subject to approval of the competent authority. In the ensuing vacancy, the 5th respondent was appointed as Junior Lecturer in mathematics but as an unaided incumbent. Such appointment of the 5th respondent was ratified by the proceedings dated 9-10-2000 on account of the fact that hi