(V.RAMASUBRAMANIAN, J.)

The petitioner has come up with the above writ petition challenging the dismissal of her claim for allowing her to write an examination for promotion to the Group B post of Assistant Personnel Officer against the 70% quota reserved for selection among inservice candidates on the basis of a Limited Departmental Competitive Examination.

2. Heard Mr.P.Ulaganathan, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and Mr.V.G. Sureshkumar, learned standing counsel appearing for the respondents 1 to 3.

3. The petitioner was regularly appointed as a Clerk in Group C on 18.05.1987. She was promoted to the post of Senior Clerk on 07.03.1991. On 06.05.1995, she was rendered surplus in the Department in which she was posted. Therefore, on 21.06.1999, she was posted against a regular vacancy in the Mechanical Department. But, unfortunately, when the petitioner went to the Mechanical Department to join duty, the staff working in the Department opposed on the ground that their opportunities were spoiled by such redeployment. Therefore, the railway administration crea