JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus calling for the records relating to the impugned order issued by the 1st respondent in Letter No.15337/MC3/2013-2 MAWS Department dated 25.03.2014 and quash the same and consequently direct the 1st respondent to promote the petitioner as Chief Engineer from 01.05.2013 with all monetary benefits.)

1. The order rejecting the claim of the writ petitioner for promotion to the post of Chief Engineer in proceedings dated 25.03.2014 is under challenge in the present writ petition.

2. The writ petitioner was appointed as Assistant Engineer on 31.05.1979 in Chennai City Municipal Corporation and thereafter promoted to the post of Assistant Executive Engineer in the year 1992 and as Executive Engineer in the year 2000 and finally promoted to the post of Superintending Engineer on 23.09.2011. The next avenue for promotion to the writ petitioner was to the post of Chief Engineer.

3. The petitioner states that he was qualified for promotion to the post of Chief Engineer and that his case was not considered for promotion during the relevant point of time in the year