HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED W.P.No.408 of 2000 O R D E R: Challenging the action of the respondent in rejecting the claim for rectification of seniority and consequential promotion thereby to the post of Deputy Manager by passing impugned order dated 25.08.1999, the present writ petition is filed. Brief facts of the case are that the petitioner joined in the Corporation on 02.02.1983 as Junior Stenographer. His grievance is that he is fully qualified and eligible for promotion as Senior Stenographer in the month of June, 1986, but the management without any sufficient cause failed to consider his case for promotion in July, 1986 and similarly situated persons were considered and promoted as Junior Accountant/Junior Assistant. It is his further grievance that the Board of Directors of 1st respondent Corporation at their meeting held on 24.10.1997 had decided to redesignate the existing posts in the service of the Corporation. The existing post of Assistant Manager is now redesignated as a Deputy Manager and post of Deputy Manager is now redesignated as that of Manager. Similarly, the post of Senior Assistant/Accountant etc., were redesignated as Assistant Manager. However, the petitioner herein is discharging the same duties and functions, which were earlier discharged by him as a Senior Assistant (Personal Assistant). Therefore, he made a representation for rectification of his seniority and finalisation of the same to the authorities and the authorities without issuing the final inter-se-seniority list went ahead with the promotions and made promotions to the post of Deputy Managers in the month of April, 1990 without considering his representation. It is his further grievance that the respondent herein vide proceedings dated 25.08.1999 rejected his representation by refusing to consider his case for rectification of his seniority and consequential promotion to the post of Deputy Manager. Aggrieved by the same, the present writ petition is filed. The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the action of the respondent is illegal and arbitrary in issuing proceedings dated 25.8.1999 without considering his representation for restoration of his seniority and consequential promotion to the post of Deputy Manager. On the other hand, the learned counsel appearing for the respondent filed its counter and stated that the petitioner was given promotion as Senior Stenographer on 14.05.1987 as per the old policy and at the time of considering promotions to the post of Senior Stenographer during April, 1986 the petitioner was not qualified to hold the said post as per the promotional policy 1983. The requisite qualifications for promotion from the post of Junior Stenographer to Senior Stenographer are as under: a) Graduate + Typewriting Higher & Shorthand Lower + 4 years b) Graduate + Typewriting Higher & Shorthand Lower + PS Dip = 3 years c) Graduate + Both Highers + 2 years. It is also stated that the Private Secretary Diploma Certificate furnished by the petitioner was from the British Institutes, Bombay which is a private institute and not recognised by the Government nor affiliated to any University. It is also submitted that the petitioners in W.P.No.549 of 1997 have withdrawn their writ petition since they wanted to exercise their right of appeal to the Board of Management of the Corporation. Therefore, the petitioner herein cannot rely on the above order passed in W.P.No.549 of 1997. Therefore the writ petition is liable to be dismissed. Heard the learned counsel appearing for both sides and also perused the entire material made available on record. As seen from the record, the petitioner herein joined the Corporation on 02.02.1983 as Junior Stenographer with basic educational qualifications. As similarly situated persons like petitioner were promoted as Junior Accountant/Junior Assistant in the month of July, 1986, he made a representation to the respondent to consider his case for promotion as Senior Stenographer. Respondent herein vide order dated 25.08.1999 rejected his representation as the Private Secretary Diploma Certificate furnished by the petitioner was from the British Institutes Bombay, which is a private institute and not recognised by the Government. Therefore, I see no reasons to interfere with the order impugned and the writ petition is liable to be dismissed. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed. No costs. ___________________ GHULAM MOHAMMED,J 25th November, 2010. PNV