( 1 ) THE petitioner, who is Lay Secretary Grade II, working in the Medical College, Bellary, has, in this Writ Petition preferred under Article 226 of the Constitution, challenged the order made by the Director of Medical Services in Mysore, Bangalore (Respondent 2), dated 18th January 1965. relieving him from the post of Grade I Lay Secretary, in which post he had been placed, consequent on the order of the Government in letter No. PLM 14 MSM 64, dated 25th July 1964, to wait for one year to get his further promotion.

( 2 ) THE relevant facts material for the decision of the case briefly stated, are:

The petitioner was a Head Clerk in the Medical Department in the erstwhile State of Bombay on the day immediately prior to the Reorganisation of States, and on 1-11-1956, he was allotted to serve in the reorganised State of Mysore In the provisional inter-State Seniority list of the ministerial establishment of the Medical Department as on 1st November 1956, published by the state Government on 20th August 1964. the petitioner's ranking is at Sl. No. 5 while respondenls 3 and 4 were ranked at Sl. Nos 15 and 17 respectively In the year 1958. the petitioner was promo