S.C. Dharmadhikari, J.

1. These Writ Petitions involve a common question of fact and law. They were heard together and are disposed of by this common judgment.

2. Since arguments were extensively canvassed in Writ Petition No.543/2008, we take the facts from the paper book of this petition.

3. The Petitioner is a citizen of India. He belongs to Scheduled Caste (“Jatav” community of the State of Uttar Pradesh). The first Respondent before us is the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited and Respondent Nos.2, 3 and 4 are it's senior officials such as the Chairman & Managing Director, the Director (Human Resources) and the Group General Manager (HR & ER). The Petitioner was an employee of the first Respondent and at the relevant time, was working as Deputy General Manager (Reservoir) at E-6 level.

4. The Petitioner seeks to challenge his repeated super cession in the matter of promotion from the post of the Deputy General Manager (E-6 level) to the post of General Manager (E-7 level). The Petitioner invites our attention to the Modified Recruitment and Promotion Regulatio