Rajiv Sharma, J.

Petitioner was promoted as Senior Junior Engineer on 14.9.1988. He was transferred to Irrigation and Public Health Department on 9.9.1988. Petitioner assailed this decision by filing O.A. No. 35 of 1990. The same was decided on 23.6.1995.

2. Pay of one Sh. Tilak Raj Chaunta was fixed at Rs.13,125/- and the pay of petitioner was fixed at Rs.10,025/-. Petitioner made representation for the redrssal of his grievance. The main contention of the petitioner in the representation was that Sh. Tilak Raj Chaunta was junior to him since in the seniority list, he figured at Sr. No. 397 and the petitioner figured at Sr. No. 338. According to the petitioner, his pay ought to have been stepped up since Sh. Tilak Raj Chaunta was junior to him. However, the fact of the matter is that Sh. Tilak Raj Chaunta was promoted as Assistant Engineer (Civil) on 26.8.1978 and the petitioner was promoted as Assistant Engineer (Civil) only on 7.12.2000.

3. According to the averments contained in the supplementary affidavit, case of the petitioner was considered for promotion for the post of Assistant Engineer (Civil) in the Departmental Promotion Committees held in the years 1996, 1997,