IN IN IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL CIVIL CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION APPELLATE JURISDICTION APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL CIVIL CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO. 1128 OF 2003 WRIT PETITION NO. 1128 OF 2003 WRIT PETITION NO. 1128 OF 2003 Shri Prakash Anandrao Sonawane ] .. Petitioner Versus The State of Maharashtra ] .. Respondent Mr. Sarang Aradhye i/b R.V. Govilkar for the petitioner. Mr. V.A. Sonpal, AGP, for the respondent. CORAM: S.B. MHASE & A.A. KUMBHAKONI, JJ. DATED: 4TH JUNE, 2008 P.C. : 1. Heard. 2. The order of the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal dated 25th September, 1998, passed in O.A. 286 of 1998 is under challenge. The petitioner was in the zone of consideration and, therefore, his Confidential Records for the years 1984-85, 1985-86, 1986-87, 1987-88 and 1988-89 were considered by the Departmental Promotion Committee and he was graded B(-). 3. As per the standards prescribed in the Government Resolution, the eligibility for promotion was : 2 : B(+) and hence the petitioner was not considered for promotion. It was further found by the Committee that since the petitioner had been graded B(-), which was two grades below the minimum standard of eligibility, sympathetic view could not be taken. The said findings have been scrutinized by the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal and have been upheld. 4. We do not find any reason to interfere with the findings of Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal (MAT). Writ Petition, accordingly, stands rejected. Sd/- Sd/- [A.A. [A.A. [A.A. KUMBHAKONI, J.] KUMBHAKONI, J.] KUMBHAKONI, J.] [S.B. [S.B. [S.B. MHASE, J.] MHASE, J.] MHASE, J.]