JUDGMENT :

Dr. S.N. Pathak, J.

The petitioners have approached this Court for setting aside the order dated 07.03.2017 issued by the Director-cum-Member Secretary Promotion Committee, RIMS, Ranchi to the extent that the said office order grants promotion to the petitioners from the post of Assistant Professor to Associate Professor w.e.f. 01.07.2016 and not from the date on which the petitioners became eligible for promotion to the post of Associate Professor from Assistant Professor in accordance with the Assessment Promotion Scheme, 2014 formulated by RIMS, Ranchi, which was notified through Notification dated 08.09.2014, namely the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences Regulation, 2014. Further, prayer has been made for a direction upon the respondents to consider the case of the petitioners for promotion from the post of Assistant Professor to Associate Professor as they are eligible for the same in accordance with the Assessment Promotion Scheme, 2014 formulated by the RIMS, Ranchi through Notification dated 08.09.2014.

2. The case of the petitioners lies in a narrow compass. The petitioner Nos.1 to 7 & 21 were appointed and had joined as Assistant Professor, whereas rest of the