IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MRS JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE S. ASHOK KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO : 6403 of 2008 Between: M.Srinivas, S/o.M.Sitaramaiah, Ordnance Factory Project, Yeddumailaram, Medak District-502 205. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Ordnance Factory Board, rep by its Chairman,Government of India, 10-A,Shaheed Khudiram Bose road, Kolkata-700 001. 2 The General Manager, Ordanance Factory Project, Ministry of Defence, Government of India, Yeddumailaram,Medak District. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue an appropriate Writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Certiorari Calling for the records relating to an connected with Judgement dated 06.03.2007 in O.A.No.533 of 2003 of the Central administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad Bench at Hyderabad and quash or set aside the same and; (1) to declare the actions of respondents 1 and 2 in not undertaking review of promotion to Highly Skilled Grade-II in Examiner Trade consequent to judgments of the Hon'ble Central Administrative Tribunal, Hyderbad Bench, Hyderabd dated 30.01.1995 rendered in O.A.No.668 of 1991 and dated 01-09-1998 rendered in O.A.No.472 of 1996 and the judgement of Hon'ble High Court of Andhra Pradesh dated 08-08-2001 rendered in W.P.No.14929 of 1977 as arbitrary, discriminatory and unconstitutional; (2) Consequently to direct the respondents to advance the date of promotion of petitoner to Highly Skilled Grade-II on and from the date of promotion to Highly Skilled Grade-II in analogous trades if necessary by way of review of promotions in Examiner Trade with all consequential benefits and pass Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.P.NAVEEN RAO Counsel for the Respondents: MR.A.RAJASEKHAR REDDY The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE Smt. JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE S. ASHOK KUMAR W.P. No. 6403 of 2008 O R D E R: (Per THE HON’BLE Smt. JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI) This writ petition is filed against the order dated 6.3.2007 passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad Bench in O.A. No. 533 of 2003. The petitioner herein filed the said O.A. before the Tribunal seeking the following reliefs: 1. to declare the actions of official respondents in not undertaking review of promotion to Highly Skilled Grade-II in Examiner Trade consequent to judgments of the Tribunal dated 30.1.1995 rendered in O.A. No. 668 of 1991 and dated 1.9.1998 rendered in O.A. No. 472 of 1996 and the judgment of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh dated 8.8.2001 rendered in W.P. No. 14929 of 1997 as arbitrary, discriminatory and unconstitutional. 2. consequently to direct the respondents to advance the dates of promotion of applicants to Highly Skilled Grade-II on and from the date of promotion to Highly Skilled Grade-II in other trades if necessary by way of review of promotions in Examiner Trade. 3. to direct respondents to promote the applicants to Highly Skilled Grade-I on the said basis. 4. to direct the respondents to assign appropriate placement in combined seniority list of Highly Skilled Grade-II and Highly Skilled Grade-I of all trades and 5. to regulate promotions to higher categories based on such revised seniority list with all consequential benefits”. As seen from the above, the petitioner is seeking review of the promotions consequent to the orders passed by the Tribunal as well as the order passed by this Court. In O.A. No. 668 of 1991 the order was passed on 30.1.1995, in O.A. No. 472 of 1996 the order was passed on 1.9.1998 and in W.P. No. 14929 of 1997 the order was passed on 8.8.2001. Thus the petitioner is seeking review of promotions after a period of 7 to 13 years. Such review after a long lapse of time cannot be directed, more particularly, in the absence of any convincing reasons forthcoming. As rightly held by the Tribunal, the petitioner has not made out any case that anybody junior to him was given promotion to the post of Highly Skilled Grade from the date he fulfilled the eligibility criteria and not after passing the trade test. Taking into consideration all the fact and circumstances, the Tribunal rightly dismissed the O.A. filed by the petitioner. Having perused the material available on record, we do not find any error or legal infirmity in the order passed by the Tribunal warranting interference of this Court. The writ petition fails. It is accordingly dismissed. T. MEENA KUMARI, J. S. ASHOK KUMAR, J. Date: 26-03-2008. MVB.