ORDER :

1. The petitioner who was working as Joint Director in the Public Relations Department, Government of Chhattisgarh, Raipur has preferred this writ petition with prayer for quashing of note-sheet dated 07.11.2013 (Annexure P/13) by which the petitioner's representation for upgradation of ACR has been rejected, the petitioner has also challenged the action of the respondents in downgrading of the Annual Confidential Report (ACR in short) for the year 2007-08 and 2008-09, due to which he has been deprived of promotion on the post of Joint Director and has been superseded by his junior on 07.12.2010. He is also assailing the order dated 31.012.2017 by which respondent No. 4 (Umesh Mishra) who is junior to him has been promoted to the post of Additional Director from the post of Joint Director and the order dated 06.04.2018 by which his case seeking review DPC has been rejected.

2. Brief facts as reflected from the records are that the petitioner joined as Assistant Director in the year 1994 through Public Service Commission. After reorganization of State of Madhya Pradesh as State of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh in the year 2000, he was allocated to State of Chhattisgarh. Peti