JUDGMENT

I. M. QUDDUSI, J. : This writ petition has been filed against the judgment/order dated 8th November, 2004 passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Cuttack Bench, Cuttack in O.A. No.608 of 2001 dismissing the OA filed by the petitioner against the order reverting him to the post of Diesel Technician and for a direction to the respondents to promote him to the post of Engineering Assistant with effect from 9.8.2000.

2. The brief facts of the case are that the petitioner was appointed as a Diesel Engine Driver in All India Radio Cuttack on 22.8.1983. Subsequently, he was promoted to the post of Diesel Technician on 30.8.1991. On 20.12.1999, the Prasar Bharati (erstwhile All India Radio) issued a circle to hold a departmen¬tal competitive examination for promotion of Senior Technician, Mast. Technician and Diesel Technician to the post of Engineering Assistant for which 10% departmental quota was fixed. The peti¬tioner was also suitably came in the zone of consideration and he was allotted Roll No.3038 for appearing in the examination in which he appeared but his name did not find place in the select list published on 9.8.2000 (Annexure-3) against which he filed a repres