JUDGMENT :

J.B. Pardiwala, J.

1. By this writ-application under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner serving as an Assistant Engineer (Civil), has prayed for the following reliefs:-

"6. The petitioner respectfully prays that, on the basis of the facts and circumstances as mentioned hereinabove and which may be urged at the time of hearing, the Honourable Court may be pleased to issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction to the respondent authorities and may be pleased to:-

(A) declare and hold that the action of the respondent authorities of superseding the petitioner in promotion on the post of Deputy Executive Engineer (Civil) is illegal and arbitrary, and

(B) direct the respondent-authorities to give promotion to the petitioner on the post of Deputy Executive Engineer (Civil) w.e.f. 31.05.2013, the date on which the junior to the petitioner is promoted, with all consequential benefits, and

(C) award the cost of the present petition, and

(D) pending admission and final disposal of this petition, the Honourable Court may be pleased