JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus to call for the records relating to the impugned order passed by the 4th  respondent in O.A.No.1008/2014 dated 12.07.2019 and quash the same and consequently, direct the respondents to grant Notional Promotion as Deputy Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise w.e.f. 2006 on par with his juniors with all service and monetary benefits.)

D. Krishnakumar, J.

1. The writ petitioner is the applicant in O.A.No.1008 of 2014 on the file of the Central Administrative Tribunal, Madras Bench and aggrieved by the dismissal of the aforesaid original application filed by him seeking direction to the respondent to give notional promotion as Deputy Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise w.e.f. 2006 on par with his juniors with all other service and monetary benefits, the present writ petition has been filed.

2. The facts of the case, briefly narrated, are as follows:

2.1. The petitioner joined the Customs Department as a Ministerial Staff (Lower Division Clerk) during March, 1970. He was selected as a Preventive Officer by way of direct recruitment w.e.