This is a petition under Arti­cle 226 of the Constitution of India by Shri Naresh Chandra Saha for the issue of a Writ of certiorari to quash the two orders of rever­sion dated 12-5-1954 and 7-11-1960 of the Chief Commissioner, Tripura and for such other suitable order or direction as may be just and proper. A request was also made for the issue of writ of mandamus to direct the respondent No. 2 to forbear from giving effect to those two orders and to disregard the order dated 19-7-1961 passed by the President of India in his appeal dated 30-12-1960.

(2) The petitioner's case in short is that he joined the Tripura Civil Service as a pro­bationer on 30-10-1949 as a result of competi­tive examination in the scale of Rs. 125/150-10-280-15-400/-. He was first posted as Divi­sional Purchasing Officer, Dharmanagar Divi­sion (now Sub-Division). Thereafter he was posted in different sub-divisions in different capacities. In the year, 1953 the Tripura Civil Service was split up into two divisions, which were given effect to from 1-4-1950 and the Senior Officers were absorbed as Sub-Divi­sional Officers and the juniors were taken as Sub-Treasury Officers. The pay scale of the Sufi-Divisional

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