JUDGMENT :

S.K. Panigrahi, J.

1. The petitioner, in this writ petition, questions the validity and propriety of the empanelled promotion list which has unjustifiably excluded him The petitioner is working as a Senior Section Engineer (Estimate), in the Office of the XEN/T & A/C, Bhubaneswar, under the Deputy Chief Engineer (Con), East Coast Railway, Bhubaneswar. He appeared in the selection test conducted for the formation of Group-B Panel (AENs) against 70% for departmental promotion quota vacancies. According to the petitioner, in 2004, in the same East Coast Railway, some of the candidates, juniors to him, were empanelled for promotion, but the petitioner was illegally excluded from the list even though he had no adverse remark.

2. It is submitted by learned counsel for the opposite parties that out of 61 candidates appeared in the written examination, 23 candidates qualified in the written test, including the petitioner, and were called for the viva-voce test on 01.10.2004. It is further submitted that the entire selection process was transparent and full proof. There was no s