ORAL JUDGMENT (Per F.I. Rebello,J.):

Rule in all the petitions. As the Petitions raise a common question of law they are being decided by this common judgment. All the Petitioners herein pursuant to the test conducted by the Committee headed by the District Judge were promoted. The Petitioners in Writ Petition Nos. 3641 of 2007, 3643 of 2007 were promoted to the post of Assistant Superintendent. The Petitioners in Writ Petition No. 3642 of 2007, 3644 of 2007 and 3645 of 2007 were promoted to the post of Senior Clerks.

2. The selection procedure for promotion for these posts is governed by Clause 580 of the Civil Manual. The relevant clause for our purpose is clause (ii)(b) which reads as under :

" The District Judge may, if for reasons to be recorded in writing, considers it to be so desirable, appoint a Committee to subject the employees within the Zone of consideration to an appropriate test, and may also consider the result of such test."

For the purpose of setting the procedure for filling in the vacancies, the Advisory committee met on 8.3.2005. The committee unanimously decided to call thrice the number of eligible candidates according to their seniority for the test to be take

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