JUDGMENT :

Petitioner, serving as Section Officer in office of respondent No.1 H.P. Public Service Commission (hereinafter to be referred as Commission), has filed the instant petition for quashing Office Memorandum dated 24.9.2019 whereby Tentative Seniority List of Section Officers, as it stood on 1.9.2019, depicting private respondents No. 5 to 7 senior to petitioner has been circulated, and also for quashing of proceedings of Department Promotion Committee (DPC) dated 1.1.2010 (Annexure P-6), 16.11.2011 (Annexure P-8), 10.5.2012 (Annexure P-9), 28.7.2014 (Annexure P-10) recommending promotion of respondents No. 4 to 7 from the post of Senior Assistant to Superintendent Grade-II, DPC proceedings dated 31.3.2015 (Annexure P-7) recommending promotion of respondent No.4 and another from the post of Superintendent Grade II to the post of Section Officer and also DPC proceedings dated 13.2.2007 (Annexure P-11) recommending promotion of respondent No.8 Soma Devi as Senior Assistant against the post meant for Scheduled Caste category.

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