S.J. Mukhopadhaya, J.

1. In both the appeals, as common question has been raised and the respondents are common, they were heard together and are being disposed of by this common judgment.

2. The case of the appellants, K. Ramachandran and Rajeev Mohan is that they were Junior Management Grade Scale I Officer (J.M.G. Scale I, for short) of United Commercial Bank (Bank, for short), appeared in competitive test for promotion to the next higher Middle Management Grade II (M.M.G. Scale II) post and having competed, were informed by similar letter both having common No. PER/PRM/COM/425/ 94, dated 1.2.1994 that the competent authority decided to promote them to M.M.G. Scale II (w.e.f. 15th January, 1994) subject to the decision of various writ petitions filed by a few officers in the High Court at Calcutta and Cuttack.

At that time, both the appellants were posted at Jamshedpur in two different branches. Subsequently, the Bank transferred and posted them by two orders No. T.O. No. BZO/TRO/94/5 and 8, both dated 22nd March, 1994 as a Manager, Bariarpur (K. Ramachandran) and Manager, Chapra (Rajeev Mohan). On such transfer and posting, both the appellants represented against the trans