Sanjiv Khanna, J.

These two writ petitions by Surender Singh and Rajinder Kumar impugn a common order dated 3.5.2011 passed in OA No. 699/2011 filed by Narendra Kumar, the first respondent before us.

2. The first respondent was appointed as Sub-Inspector (Operations) in Delhi Police on 20.8.2004 as a direct recruit.

3. The Commissioner of Police had called for service records of the first respondent and the two petitioners for promotion to the post of Motor Transport Inspector (MT Inspector for short). The first respondent had objected. The contention was that, as per the Recruitment Rules (“RRs”), the two petitioners were not eligible and he was the only eligible candidate who could be considered for promotion to the post of MT Inspector.

4. The impugned order dated 3.5.2011 passed by the Tribunal has held that the petitioners were then not eligible for consideration for promotion to the post of MT Inspector, and the Commissioner of Police was directed to consider the first respondent for the said post on merits. The Tribunal, while passing the impugned order, has quas