ORDER :

1. Instant petition has been filed by the petitioner with the following prayer :-

“(1) By an writ, appropriate writ, order or direction or in nature thereof thereby the respondents be directed to release all the dues of the petitioner after revising his pay scale for the post of Joint Director and also commute his gratuity, pension and other retiral benefits along with prevalent rate of interest 18% per annum from the date of his retirement i.e. 30/06/2017 along with all consequential benefits.

(2) Any other writ, order or direction which may be deemed proper in the facts and circumstances of the case, may also be issued in favour of petitioner.”

Submission by the petitioner:

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was working on the post of Deputy Director and the vacancies for the promotional post i.e. Joint Director became vacant in the month of April, 2017 and even the Departmental Promotion Committee (for short ‘DPC’) was conducted by the respondents against the vacancy for the year 2017-18 and, accordingly, the petitioner was promoted to the post of Joint Director vide order dated 15.04.2017. Counsel submits that while promoting the petitioner o