1. The petitioner by filing the instant writ petition claimed to declare the promotion of respondent No. 3 to all posts since 1979 illegal and in his place to consider the petitioner's case for promotion and also for a direction to the respondent Nos. 1 and 2 to promote the petitioner to the post of Superintendent (Commercial & M.A.) from the date of promotion of respondent No. 3 to the post of Assistant Manager (Commercial) and also declare the decision of the Departmental Promotion Committee (for short 'DPC') taken on 12.5.1997 as illegal and non-est along with other prayers.

2. Heard Mr. D.K. Biswas, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. S. Saha, learned counsel for the respondent Nos. 1 and 2 as well as Mr. S. Deb, learned senior counsel, assisted by Mr. S. Choudhury, learned counsel for the respondent No. 3.

3. A brief note on the factual aspects required for decision is narrated herein under :

On 1st January, 1975 the petitioner, a Graduate, joined as Daily Rated Worker (DRW) under the Tripura Small Industries Corporation Ltd., a Govt. of Tripura undertaking (for short herein after referred to as the 'Corporation') and was working exclusively in the Store as Assistant Store

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