S.C. AGRAWAL, J.—Harbans Singh, the petitioner in this writ petition, is employed in the Railway Protection Force (RPF). After his selection for the post of Sub Inspector Cr. II he joined for initial training on 1st April, 1965 and after completion of the training he was appointed as Sub Inspector Cr. II in the Armed Wing Branch by the order of the Chief Security Officer dated 30tb April, 1966. He was promoted as Sub-Inspector cr. I with effect from 11th March, 1974 by the order of the Chief Security Officer, Western Railway, Bombay dated 29th November, 1975. The next post higher to the post of Sub-Inspector Gr. I is that of Inspector Gr. III. The promotion to the aforesaid post is made on the basis of Seniority-cum-Suitability by a Selection Board. The Selection Board was constituted in 1975 to draw the panel of Sub-Inspector Gr. I and II who were suitable for promotion as Inspector Gr. II to fill up 17 vacancies of Inspectors Gr. III. Out of these 17 vacancies 4 were reserved for Scheduled Castes and 1 was reserved for Scheduled Tribes The Selection Board met on January 20, 30 and 31, 1976 and on the basis of the recommendations of the Selection Board, the panel of Sub-Inspectors

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