JUDGMENT :

B.R. Sarangi, J.

The petitioner, who is continuing as a Building Supervisor under the Orissa State Police Housing and Welfare Corporation Ltd., Bhubaneswar, in short, “the Corporation”, has filed this petition seeking for a direction to treat him as a regular employee w.e.f. 5.11.1982 and to allow him Time Bound Advancement scale of pay w.e.f. 5.11.1997 and promotion to the post of Assistant Project Manager.

2. The short fact of the case, in hand, is that pursuant to the advertisement issued by the Corporation in daily news paper “The Prajatantra” on 3.5.1982 inviting applications for appointment as Building Supervisor in the scale of pay of Rs.320-750/-, the petitioner applied for the same and following a due procedure of selection, he was appointed as Training Supervisor from 5.11.1982. On completion of his training vide office order dated 23.6.1986, the petitioner was allowed to draw the scale of pay of Rs.320-750/- w.e.f. 15.6.1986, but the said scale of pay was reduced to Rs.320-550/- vide office order dated 23.7.1987 on the ground that Building Supervisor is equivalent to Building A.S.I. and was allowed the scale of pay admissible to the Building A.S.I. Against the