Heard Mr. J. Roy, the learned counsel for the writ petitioner and Mr. Y. Doloi, the learned Additional Advocate General for all the respondents. As the petitioner is the same in both the writ petitions and the issues also similar, they are both taken up together for disposal.

2. The case has a checkered history and therefore, narration of the brief facts of the case would be necessary at the outset.

3. The petitioner joined the State Public Works Department (PWD) as Assistant Engineer in the year 1983. He was promoted to the post of Assistant Executive Engineer in the year 1994 and thereafter as Executive Engineer in the year 2002. Subsequently, in the year 2013, he was promoted as Superintending Engineer (SE) w.e.f 16.02.2007. Having attaining the age of superanuation on 31st March, 2016 he has now retired from service from the post of S.E.

4. The controversy started in the year 2006-2007 when the petitioner and other similarly situated Executive Engineers on being deprived of their due promotions approached this Court by filing WP(C) Nos. 4932, 4933, 4934 and