JUDGMENT

Manmohan, J. - Present writ petition has been filed with the following prayers:-

"(a) to issue a writ of certiorari, order or direction calling for records of the decision and order dated 23rd September 2014 and proceedings of the Contempt Petition CP No 707/2014 in 0A No 1245/2014 from the Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi;

(b) to issue a writ of certiorari, order or direction to quash the impugned order [contained in para 14 of affidavit 16.2.2015(ANNEXURE P-8)], since Respondents have illegally and arbitrarily denied petitioner of his right to be considered for upgradation to grade of Additional Secretary, in as much as Respondents had returned the proposal for upgradation and appointment of petitioner to grade of Additional Secretary, without the said proposal having been considered by the Appointment Committee of Cabinet , for an irrelevant and malafied departmental proceedings initiated on 19.11.2014 subsequent to 8.8.2018 the date upgradation simpliciter of petitioner to grade of Additional Secretary, became due against the vacancy arisen on 8.8.2013 under the scheme of upgradation simpliciter in the Govt of India DOPT Order dt 21.6.2004(ANNE