JUDGMENT :

S.N. Pathak, J.

The issues involved in both the writ petitions are “Whether the private respondents in W.P.(S) No. 4187 of 2018 are senior to the petitioners and have been granted promotion rightly or illegally and arbitrarily, they have been considered for promotion?” and as such they have been tagged and heard together on various dates physically as well as through video conferencing and are being disposed of by this common order.

PRAYER IN W.P.(S) No. 4187 of 2018

2. The petitioners in W.P.(S) No. 4187 of 2018 have knocked door of this Court for quashing and setting aside the Notification bearing no. 1622, dated 01.08.2018, issued vide Memo No. 1623, dated 01.08.2018, whereby respondent no. 6 has been granted promotion to the post of Chief Engineer. Petitioners have further prayed for a direction upon the respondent to consider case of petitioners for promotion to the post of Chief Engineer or any equivalent posts, in view of the fact that petitioners are the senior most Electrical Engineers (General Cadre).

Petitioners have further prayed for a direction upon the respondents to treat and/or reckon their date of promotion to the post of Electrical Superintending Engineer w