JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for the issuance of a writ of Certiorarified Mandamus calling for the records relating to the impugned order of the 1st respondent issued in G.O. (4D) No. 38 P & AR H1 Department dt 28.5.2013 and quash the same and consequently direct the 1st respondent to promote the petitioner as Section Officer by considering her name in the 2011-2012 Panel of Section Officer prepared as on 1.6.2011 above Thiru M.Murali her immediate Junior in the post of Assistant Section Officer with all monetary benefits.)

SURESH KUMAR, J

1. Since the issue raised in these writ appeals as well as the connected writ petitions is one and the same, with the consent of the learned counsel appearing for both sides, these writ appeals as well as the writ petitions were heard together and are disposed of by this common judgment.

2. That insofar as the writ appeals are concerned, the respective contesting respondents in these writ appeals were working as Section Officers in the Tamil Nadu Secretariat Services and their next avenue of promotion is Under Secretary. Therefore, as per the Rule which was in vogue, they became eligible to be