ORDER

PRAMOD KUMAR DAS, MEMBER (A):

The applicant, working as Private Secretary (PS), Office of the Regional Provident Fund Commissioner, Rourkela, has filed this OA stating inter alia that the post of Personal Assistant (PA) is the feeder grade of Private Secretary as per the rules. He is senior to private respondent Nos. 4 to 14 in the grade/cadre of PA. The private Respondents were promoted to the post of PS w.e.f. 14.07.1997. He is entitled to promotion to the said post of PS w.e.f. 02.01.1999, which was also proposed by respondent No.5 whereas he was given promotion to the post of PS w.e.f. 03.07.2017. The proposal was turned down vide communication dated 06.11.2018. According to him, the said order of rejection dated 06.11.2018 being illegal and arbitrary is liable to be quashed with direction to the official respondents to promote him to the post of PS w.e.f. 02.01.1999 or alternatively to consider his promotion to the post of PS w.e.f. 14.07.2005. He has also prayed to declare the promotion of private respondents 4 to 14 to the post of PS w.e.f. 14.07.1997 as bad in law and to modify the final seniority list of PS wherein they were shown to have been promoted to the post of