SHIVARAJ PATIL, J.:

1. The petitioners who are Court Officers in the establishment of this Court have filed this writ petition praying for issue of a writ of certiorarified mandamus by calling for the records of the first respondent relating to Notification No. 19/ 1997 issued in Roc.No.29/97 Con.B2 dated 19.3.1997, to quash the same far it relates to the second respondent, and directing the first respondent to consider the case of the petitioners for promotion to the post of Sub Assistant Registrar (Statistics) strictly in accordance with the Madras High court Service Rules, and pass such further or other orders as deemed fit by this Court.

2. Briefly stated/the case of the petitioners, as can be gathered from the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition, are the following:The petitioners are Selection Grade Court Officers working under the Control of the first respondent; they have put in more than 30 years of service having joined as Assistants. One ThiruA.D.Sankar retired from the post of Sub-Assistant Registrar (Statistics) on 1.3.1997. Thus the post of Sub-Assistant Registrar (Statistics) fell vacant; the said post is a selection post as per clause (b) of ca