(Delivered by Hon’ble Mr. Justice Om Prakash VII, Member (J) Shri A K Dave, learned counsel for the applicant and Shri Pradeep Kumar Mishra, learned counsel for the respondents, were present at the time of hearing.

2 | P a g e 2. The subject OA has been filed by the applicants challenging the impugned rejection order date 18.09.2023, passed by the AGR (HR) O/o GMTD Prayagraj BA, rejecting the claim of the applicant for treating his promotion on the post of Senior TOA (G) just after completion of training, as he claims to have been given to other counterparts w.e.f. 31.12.2001, instead of 01.08.2004. The promotion order for the post of Sr. TOA (G) was issued on 02.01.2003 whereby the applicant has claimed that four employees who were similarly placed to the applicant were promoted w.e.f. 31.12.2001 but the applicant was ignored.

A perusal of the case records reveals that the applicant has sought promotion w.e.f. 31.12.2001 and is aggrieved by the promotion order issued on 02.01.2003. In both the cases, it is evident that the cause of the case arose in the year 2001 / 2003 itself i.e., the date from which the applicant is claiming promotion or the date on which the promotion order