The appellant sought relief by filing Representation Petition No. 1172 of 1977 in the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad The Tribunal held that the special rules for the Co operative service did not contain any specific provision for the application of rule of reservation and, therefore, in accordance with the Government Memo dated 27.3.1963, the appellant was not entitled to claim the benefit of the rule of reservation for promotion to the rank of Deputy Registrar between 1965 and 1972 as claimed by him. ' Alternative submission of the appellant that the action of the Government in giving the benefit of the rule of reservation to the category of Section Officers in the Secretariat in Andhra Pradesh General Service for appointment to the rank of Deputy Registrar while omitting other feeder categories from which appointments by transfers were made to the post of Deputy Registrar, was discriminatory and hence violative of articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution, was rejected observing that the promotion from the post of Sub Registrar of Co operative Societies to the post of Deputy Registrar of Co operative Societies was in direct line of promotion and therefore, this category has been excluded from the table annexed to G.O.Ms No. 758 dated October 30,1976.