JUDGMENT :

(J.J. Munir, J.)

1. This writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution is directed against the impugned order dated 24.05.2023 passed by the District Magistrate, Sonbhadra, setting aside the promotion granted to the petitioner by the Chairman, Nagar Palika Parishad, Sonbhadra to the post of a water works supervisor from the position of a pump attendant.

2. In consequence of the impugned order passed by the District Magistrate, the petitioner stands reverted to the post of a pump attendant. The petitioner was appointed a pump attendant vide order dated 29.11.2007 by the Executive Officer, Nagar Palika Parishad, Sonbhadra. He joined service on 04.12.2007. The petitioner was selected for the post of a pump attendant, a Group-D post vide Government Order No. (para no.4) dated 17.10.2007 after facing a duly constituted selection committee for the purpose. According to the petitioner, he is duly qualified for the post of a water works supervisor, a Class-III (Group-C) post. He has earned his Intermediate Certificate from the U.P. Board of High School and Intermediate Education and a Trade Certificate of Fitter from the I.T.I. He has apprenticed at the Thermal Training Ins