1. - The petitioner was appointed in the Rajasthan Administrative Service (here-in-after called RAS) on 17.10.1974 vide Annexure-1 as having been selected by the Rajasthan Public Service Commission. He was promoted to the senior scale on urgent temporary basis on 29.2.1979, but later on the recommendations of the selection committee, was put on senior scale vide letter dated 11.10.1984 (Annexure-2) against the quota of 1980 and again promoted to the post of selection scale on urgent temporary basis vide order Annexure-3 dated 7.2.1987. Because of the reason that certain other persons had been promoted to the selection scale regularly vide order dated 6.12.1986, but the petitioner was not considered and, therefore, being aggrieved the petitioner filed an appeal before the Rajasthan Civil Service Appellate Tribunal which appeal was decided on 22.7.1987 and a direction was given to the respondent to convene a meeting of the DPC for promotion of the petitioner to selection scale relating to the year 1983-84 and on the basis of that judgment, the petitioner was substantively promoted to the selection scale against the quota of 1983-84 vide Annexure-4, meaning thereby, that he w