( 1 ) THIS writ petition is filed by the petitioner Sri A. Vema Reddy who is presently serving as Assistant Accounts officer in the Office of the Joint Controller of Defence Accounts, PAO (ORS), secunderabad, the 3rd respondent herein. The petitioner has been denied promotion to the post of Accounts Officer and his immediate junior one Sri S. Sitaraman, the 4th respondent herein and some other juniors are promoted to the post of accounts Officer by superseding the petitioner. The petitioner being aggrieved by the said action of the respondent- department filed O. A. No. 1346 of 1998 before the learned Central Administrative tribunal, Hyderabad Bench (for short "the tribunal") questioning the action of the respondent-Department in not promoting the petitioner to the post of Accounts officer and seeking consequential direction to promote him to the post of Accounts officer with effect from the date on which his immediate junior was promoted to the post of Accounts Officer with all consequential benefits. The said O. A. was dismissed by the learned Tribunal by its judgment and order dated 13-12-1999. Hence this writ petition assailing the validity of the same.

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