Ujjal Bhuyan, J.

Petitioner is a judicial officer belonging to the Assam Judicial Service. He was appointed in the year 2002 and at the time of filing this petition, he was serving as Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate (SDJM), Charaideo, Sonari in the district of Sivasagar.

2. Petitioner seeks promotion from Grade III to Grade II in the Assam Judicial Service w.e.f. the year 2011. According to the petitioner, though his name figured in the zone of consideration for promotion in the year 2011, he was not promoted. In the promotion carried out in the year 2012 his name was not even included in the list of eligible candidates. Aggrieved, he has filed the present writ petition seeking the relief as indicated above.

3. From the documents annexed to the writ petition it is seen that a promotion exercise was carried out for promotion from Grade III to Grade II of the Assam Judicial Service in respect of 6 vacancies in the year 2011. In the zone of consideration which was short listed by applying the 1:3 ratio, petitioner was placed at Sl. No. 18. But he was not promoted.

4. In the next year i.e. in the year 2012, the High Court issued a notification dated 13-06-2012 notifying 50 off