JUDGMENT :

Satyen Vaidya, J.

By way of instant petition, petitioner has prayed for the following substantive reliefs:-

“i). That the orders dated 21.3.2017, vide Annexure A-18, denying the consideration and resultant promotion to the applicant as a Joint Secretary in the respondent-Board, may kindly be quashed and set aside forthwith;

ii) That the respondent No.1 may be directed to consider and then to promote the applicant as Joint Secretary on regular or on ad-hoc basis (whichever is beneficial) from due dates w.e.f. 16.8.2014 when case was recommended/forwarded by the respondent Board to Govt. for ad-hoc promotion) or w.e.f. 25.9.2014 (Department of Personnel gave its approval for ad-hoc promotion to respondent No.1) or w.e.f. 30.9.2014 (date of retirement of applicant) which is beneficial, as per the past practice borne out from Annexure A-26 or even otherwise, with all consequential benefits, forthwith.

iii) That the respondents may be directed to give benefit of higher pay fixation on promotion as Joint Secretary on regular or ad-hoc basis, from due date as in relief (ii) above, and to give benefit of higher pay fixation for all revised retiral benefits including monthly pension w