WP(C) 4415/2011 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE A. K. GOEL THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE U. BHUYAN (Goel,J.) This petition seeks quashing of order dated 05.03.2011 and resolution dated 18.0 6.2011 of the Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) of this Court promoting res pondent Nos.4 and 5 to the post of Superintendent. Case of the petitioner is that he was appointed Lower Division Assistant (LDA) b y order dated 10.05.1986. He was promoted as Upper Division Assistant - now desi gnated as Senior Administrative Assistant (SAA) on 21.09.1995. As per order date d 11.03.2010 inter se seniority of the petitioner and respondent Nos.4 and 5 was circulated showing the petitioner senior to respondent Nos.4 and 5. However, th e DPC while considering the case of promotion of the petitioner and respondent N os.4 and 5 treated the petitioner to be junior to the said respondents. Accordin gly the said respondents were given promotion ignoring the petitioner. We have heard Mr. Y. S. Mannan, learned counsel for the petitioner, and Mr. S. S . Dey, learned Standing Counsel of the High Court. Learned Standing Counsel for the High Court points out that by the order dated 1 4.5.2011 seniority position as circulated by the order dated 11.3.2010 was set a side and on that ground the petitioner was treated to be junior to respondent No s.4 and 5. We are of the view that if the petitioner was declared to be senior to responden t Nos.4 and 5 by the order dated 11.03.2010, while setting aside the said order to the prejudice of the petitioner on 14.05.2011, the petitioner was entitled to be heard. Accordingly, we dispose of the writ petition with the direction that the petitio ner be given a hearing on the issue of change of his seniority from the seniorit y position indicated in order dated 11.03.2010. Decision in this regard may be t aken within two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Till su ch a decision is taken, the promotions effected by the impugned order will be tr eated to be ad hoc and will abide by the final decision that may be taken in the matter.