1 Writ Petition No. 5421 / 2004 2.12.2011: None for the petitioner. Shri Rajesh Tiwari, learned Government Advocate for the State. Shri Mohd. Nasir, learned counsel for respondent No.3. Petitioner claims to be a person belonging to Scheduled Caste Community and working as Ward Safai Daroga in Municipal Corporation Katni for the last more than 2 years. It is the case of petitioner that his case for promotion on the post of Sanitary Inspector, which is lying vacant is not considered. Petitioner claims to be passed a Sanitary Inspector Diploma Examination in the year 1998 from the All India Institute of Local Self Government Bhopal and being eligible for promotion on the said post. Even though posts are vacant and petitioner is qualified for promotion to the said post, promotion is not granted to the petitioner. 2. On notice being issued respondents have brought on record the statutory Recruitment Rules, namely the M.P. Municipal Corporation (Appointment and Condition of Service of Officers and Servants) Rules 2000. It is pointed out by the respondents that the petitioner is a Safai Daroga and is claiming promotion on the post of Health Inspector. According to the respondents the channel of promotion 2 contemplated under the said Recruitment Rules and Schedule thereto, that is, Schedule-2 indicates that a Safai Daroga is first promoted as a Dy. Health Supervisor, the Dy. Health Supervisor is promoted as Health Supervisor and the Health Supervisor forms the feeder post for promotion to the post of Safai Inspector. Accordingly, it is stated that the petitioner is only a Ward Safai Daroga and without first being promoted as the Dy. Health Supervisor and Health Supervisor petitioner cannot directly claim promotion as Safai Inspector merely because he is qualified. Interalia contending that as per Recruitment Rules there is no channel of promotion directly from the post of Ward Safai Daroga to the post of Safai Inspector and as the rules did not permit the same, respondents have resist the claim of petitioner. 3. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and on perusal of the Recruitment Rules which is filed by the respondents as Annexure R-2-1 it is clear that petitioner for being promoted as Safai Inspector has to be first promoted from the post of Safai Daroga to that of Dy. Health Supervisor, thereafter to the post of Health Supervisor and then only from the post of Health Supervisor to that of Safai Inspector. There is no channel of promotion directly from the post of Safai Daroga to the post of Safai Inspector and in the absence of there being any right of such a promotion under the Recruitment Rules, no mandamus as prayed for by the petitioner can be granted. Even though it 3 is a case of petitioner that the post of Safai Daroga is equivalent to that of Dy. Health Supervisor, but even the Dy. Health Supervisor cannot be directly promoted as Safai Inspector, he has to be first promoted on the post of Health Supervisor and from the post of Health Supervisor the person is entitled to be promoted to the post of Safai Inspector. 4. Accordingly, finding claim made by the petitioner to be contrary to Recruitment Rules and there being no merit in the claim made, the petition is dismissed. (Rajendra Menon) Judge ss/-