HON’BLE MRS. JUSTI CE SUREPALLI NANDA WRI T PETI TI ON No.9291 of 2023 Heard Sri S. Jagadish, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Services-I appearing on behalf of the respondent Nos.1 to 3 and Smt. Madhavi Latha, learned Standing Counsel for Service matters of Municipal Corporation appearing on behalf of the respondent No.4.

2. The petitioner approached the Court seeking prayer as under:

“….to issue writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the Proceedings, Roc.No.03/2023/A4 dated 06.02.2023 of the 3^rd respondent in rejecting the rightful claim of the petitioner for promotion to the post of superintendent as per his seniority as void, illegal, arbitrary, without jurisdiction and unconstitutional and set aside the same and consequently direct the respondents 1 and 2 to consider the case of the petitioner for promotion to the post of Superintendent on par with his juniors with all consequential benefits by taking into consideration of the remarks sent by the 4^th respondent dated 26.11.2021 and pass…..”

3. The case of the petitioner, in brief, is that the petitioner was se