JUDGMENT :

M.S. RAMESH, J.

Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the records of the respondent in G.O. No. Rt. No. 2961 Public (Special-A) Department dated 01.08.2014 and quash the order dated 01.08.2014 and consequently direct the first respondent to promote the petitioner as District Revenue Officer from 08.06.1996, the date on which petitioner's junior was promoted, with full monetary benefits from the said date.

1. The brief facts of the case are as follows:

(i) While the petitioner herein was serving as a Tahsildar, he was subjected to disciplinary proceedings and was imposed with the punishment of stoppage of increment for six months without cumulative effect on 18.11.1990. The petitioner's immediate junior viz. one M. Govindarajan was given accelerated promotion as Deputy Collector in the year 1991, on the basis of reservation, as he belongs to Scheduled Caste (SC) community. The petitioner was thereafter, promoted as Deputy Collector on 03.11.1994 and was included in the regular list of Deputy Collector for the year 1993-1994. When his name of immediate junior was included in the panel