The petitioner has filed the above writ petition praying to issue a writ of certiorarified mandamus to call for the concerned records from the third respondent and quash the order No.PZO:PRNL:162:99 dated 12.2.1999 issued by the third respondent and consequently direct the respondents to consider and promote the petitioner from JMG-I to MMG Scale-II with effect from 27.10.92, when he became eligible and on par with his immediate junior Mr.S.Ganesan SR 14126 and grant all consequential benefits thereon, interest on backwages due at the rate of 12% per annum.

2. The petitioner was employed in the Indian Bank. He was holding the post of Scale 1 Officer. There is a selection post from Scale 1 Officer to Scale 2 Officer. He was promoted to Scale 1 Officer on 22.10.1982. He was eligible to be considered for promotion under Scale 2 Officer in the year 1989. While so, on 25.10.1988 he was suspended on the ground that his wife filed a police complaint against him under the Dowry Prohibition Act. Therefore, he was under suspension for more than six and half years. On 13.1.1995 the suspension was revoked, that is, even before the disposal of the criminal case. By order dated 4.7.1