( 1 ) THE petitioner, who is working as Junior assistant in the 2nd respondent-College, has filed this writ petition questioning the action of the 2nd respondent-College in promoting the 3rd respondent-Store-keeper as Senior Assistant in its Proceedings rc. No. 1a/96. dated 04-07-1996.

( 2 ) THE undisputed facts of this case are that the petitioner was appointed as a clerk-cum-Typist in the 2nd respondent- college and he possessed all the requisite qualifications for promotion to the post of senior Assistant by the end of the year 1989. While things stood thus, on 21-04-1993 a vacancy in the post of Senior Assistant has arisen due to the demise of the incumbent and the petitioner was kept in full additional charge of the post on 27-08-1993. Subsequently, when a vacancy has arisen in the post of Superintendent, again he was kept in full additional charge of that post on 01-10-1995. It is also his case that from 1994 onwards, he was making representations to promote him as Senior Assistant on regular basis as he was the only qualified person to hold that post at the time when the vacancy has arisen. But the respondents did not pass any orders on his representation a