Harinder Singh Sidhu, J.

1. The petitioner joined respondent No. 2 as Development Officer on 27.3.1987. He was promoted as Assistant Area Manager in 1992 and, thereafter as Area Manager in the year 1997, which post was subsequently designated as Deputy Manager. In 2001, he was promoted as Manager (Marketing) and was further promoted to the post of Senior Manager (Marketing) in the year 2005. In the year 2008, he was promoted as Chief Manager (Marketing). The next promotion, which is available to the petitioner as per the applicable Rules, is that of Deputy General Manager (Marketing), (hereinafter referred to as "DGM") The respondent authorities initiated the process of adjudging the suitability of the candidates for the post of DGM in the month of October, 2012. Selection for the said post is made on the basis of merit, which is adjudged by giving separate marks on the basis of Annual Confidential Reports, qualification, experience and performance at the interview before the Departmental Promotion Committee. A panel of 18 candidates was to be prepared for promotion to the post DGM as per the anticipated vacancies till 1.6.2013 and the selected candidates were to be promoted as per

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