M. M. Kumar, CJ.--

1. The instant appeal under Clause 12 of the Letters Patent seeks annul­ment of judgment and order dated 24.05.2013 rendered by a learned Single Judge of this Court while dis­missing SWP No. 1170/2012 filed by the appellant. The writ petitioner-appellant has sought directions to respondents to promote him as Chief Enforcement Of­ficer w.e.f 31.10.2010 in the Jammu Municipal Corporation from the post of Enforcement Officer. The vacancy on the post of Chief Enforcement Officer was caused on 31.10.2010 when Sh. Ravi Kant Sharma superannuated. The writ petitioner-appellant, admittedly a senior most Enforcement Officer had represented to the Commissioner, Jammu Municipal Corporation-respon­dent No.2 to promote him to the post of Chief Enforcement Officer keeping in view his qualification, meritorious ser­vice record and seniority. On 10.11.2010, the Commissioner Jammu Municipal Corporation recommended his case for consideration of his pro­motion on the vacant post of Chief En­forcement Officer (Annexure-B). How­ever, the recommendations made by the Commissioner, JMC-respondent No.2 did not find favour with respondent No. 1. The writ petitioner appellant then fi