1. These two writ petitions relating to two different causes, filed by the petitioner, have been clubbed and heard together. Though SWP no. 2729/2012 is the first in point of time, yet I deem it appropriate to first deal with SWP no. 529/2013, as the reliefs sought in SWP no. 2729/2012 are umbilically connected to those prayed for in SWP no. 529/2013.

SWP No. 529/2013:

2. The case of the petitioner shrouded in, somewhat, complex pleadings made in the writ petition, is this: The petitioner is a Member of Central Armed Police (Gazetted) Service. Being DIG, he was an aspirant for promotion to the rank of Inspector General of Central Reserve Police Force (IG CRPF). The Departmental Promotion Committee met on 19.03.2012 and empanelled him for such promotion. The Competent Authority (Appointment Committee of the Cabinet) vide order dated 08.05.2012 approved promotion of the petitioner to the rank of IG, CRPF. Even after having been approved for promotion to the rank of IG, CRPF, and being medically fit possessing Medical SHAPE1, the formal promotion order of the petitioner was withheld on the plea that the petitioner, as per the Annual Medical Examination (AME) report / findings of the CRP