1. It is not suggested that any notification under S.14(2) of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 (Central Act 13/85) has so far been issued, and the admissibility of this writ petition has therefore to be considered on merits.

2. The petitioner is a clerk in the State Bank of India and claims to be sufficiently senior to be considered for appointment as an officer in the Junior Management Scale Grade I (hereinafter called 'JMO') in the Kerala Regional Offices of the Bank. Under rules governing the matter, such appointments are to be made by promotion from among the seniormost clerical staff by selection on the basis of tests periodically conducted. During the last test, only clerks who had commenced service prior to June, 1974 were promoted, and the next test was due to be held in April, 1985. The petitioner was expecting to participate in that test and to compete for promotion; but in the meanwhile, the Bank of Cochin Ltd. was amalgamated with the State Bank of India in accordance with a scheme prepared by the Reserve Bank and sanctioned by the Central Government under the provisions of S. 45 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949. The scheme provided for absorption of