1. 1. The petitioner has prayed that a writ of mandamus or direction be issued to the respondents to grant him selection scale with effect from 13.7.1988, the date when his junior Mr. Atul Kumar Jain was granted the same and the Senior Scale with effect from 13.8.1987 to 12.7.1988. The petitioner has further prayed that he should be declared senior to the respondent Nos.3 to 8. He has also prayed that adverse remarks in his A.C.R. for the year 1990 and confidential letters dated 3.12.1992 and 12.3.1993, communicated to him be quashed and the respondent No. 1 be directed to promote him in Rajasthan Higher Judicial Service from the date when his juniors were promoted without considering the adverse remarks as contained in letter dated 5.9.1992, marked Annexure 15. The petitioner be granted all consequential benefits including the salary, allowance with interest thereon.

2. The brief facts of this writ petition are as below:

3. The petitioner joined Rajasthan Judicial Service (R.J.S.) w.e.f. 4.12.1976. vide order dated 13.7.1988, he was promoted on the post of Civil Judge-cum-A.C.J.M. under Rule 7-C of the R.J.S. Rules 1955, on the basis of merit after taking his seniority into