JUDGMENT :

ALEXANDER THOMAS, J.

The sole applicant herein has filed the instant Ext.P-1 Original Application O.A. No. 540/2021 before the Kerala Administrative Tribunal, Thiruvananthapuram Bench, and prayers in the amended Ext.P-1 O.A. are as follows [See pages 36 & 37 of the paper book of this OP(KAT)]:

“i. To issue appropriate orders directing the respondents to issue direction to convene ad-hoc Departmental promotion committee (Lower) and direction may be given to promote the applicant as Inspector of police for the vacancy arisen on 2017.

ii. To issue appropriate orders to quash the annexure A4, Annexure A7, Annesure A13 and Annexure A14 and A18 which is illegal and arbitrary.

iii. To issue appropriate orders directing the respondents not to supersede the applicant in the select list Annexure A12 due to the reason that applicant is entitled to be promoted as on 2017 and annexure A14 ordinance is not having retrospective effect.

iv. Applicant is entitled to be promoted as Inspector of Police in the zone of consideration for the year 2017 and rejecting the same issuing Annexure A18 which is a recent incident and applicant is to be promoted above Vinoy KJ 433 and below Gireesh Kumar I,