JUDGMENT

The prayer in this writ petition is to quash Ext.P12 and to declare that the petitioner is entitled to get 2^nd Higher Grade with effect from 07.04.2024 in the post of Secretary. There is also a prior to quash Ext.P16. The petitioner was appointed as an Attender as per Ext.P1 order under the 3^rd respondent Society, at a time when the 3^rd respondent Society was classified as a Class III Society. As per Ext.P2, the 3^rd respondent Society was classified as Class I Society and a post of Secretary was sanctioned by the Joint Registrar (General), Ernakulam. Since the petitioner was qualified to hold the post, he was appointed as Secretary with effect from 07.04.2008. The appointment was not approved by the Joint Register on the ground that the appointment was not in accordance with the Feeder Category Sub Rule. Thereafter, the petitioner was issued a notice for recovery of the excess pay he had drawn on the basis of the wrong promotion. W.P.(C) No.3685 of 2015 filed by the petitioner was a