1. This writ appeal is filed against the order made in W.P.No.31064 of 2005 dated 08.12.2010 allowing the writ petition filed by the respondent with a direction to confer notional promotion to the post of Director, Tamil Development Culture Department from the date on which his junior one Selvaraj was promoted i.e from 28.01.2011 with all monetary and other benefits due to him by passing necessary orders, which shall be complied with, within a period of eight weeks.

2. The case of the respondent before the learned Single Judge was that he was appointed as Project Officer in the erstwhile Tamil Culture Department on 21.05.1979 which was merged with the Tamil Development Department in the year 1980 and after the constitution of the said Tamil Development and Culture Department, he was transferred along with the post as Project Officer. The petitioner has passed Ph.D. in the year 1983 in History and Archaeology, based on his research in "Tamil Inscription and literature".

3. As per G.O.Ms.No.296 dated 06.09.1989, the Government has ordered that the Project Officer in the Tamil Culture Department is equivalent to the post of Assistant Director in Tamil Development Department