THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU W.P. No. 3559 OF 2005 O R D E R: This writ petition is filed seeking Mandamus declaring inaction on the part of respondents in extending the benefit of judgment dated 25.7.2003 in W.P. No. 9575 of 1997 to the petitioners as arbitrary and illegal; consequently, to direct respondents to promote petitioners to the post of MMG Scale II from the date of promotion of their juniors in the year 1997. Heard both sides. There is no necessity of going into all the details. Suffice it to notice, that the petitioners worked as Branch Managers of Sangameswara Grameena Bank, now renamed as A.P. Grameena Vikasa Bank. According to them, they are entitled to promotion to the post of MMG Scale II with effect from the year 1997 i.e. when their juniors were promoted. However, petitioners 1 and 2 were promoted with effect from 7.4.1998 and 3rd petitioner was promoted from the month of September, 1999, to the post of MMG Scale II. Learned counsel for the respondents further submitted that the petitioners were further promoted to MMG Scale III in the year 2008 itself and, therefore, nothing survives for further adjudication in this writ petition. Admittedly, 1st and 2nd petitioners were promoted in the year 1998 and 3rd petitioner was promoted in the year 1999 and they were further promoted to MMG Scale III during the year 2008. There is no further promotion available. Even if the petitioners are seeking any notional benefits, that is nothing but a futile exercise since their scale changed as soon as promotions are effected. On promotion, a person gets minimum payscale of that particular post as well as other benefits like increments etc. In this case, though 1st and 2nd petitioners were promoted on 7.4.1998 and 3rd petitioner was promoted in the month of September 1999 to the post of MMG Scale II, they are now claiming seniority in the said post from 1997 onwards i.e. when their juniors were promoted. They have approached this Court with a delay of more than seven years and, in the meanwhile, they were also promoted to further posts. Therefore, any exercise made to find out whether the petitioners are entitled to such promotions with some retrospective effect is a futile exercise. The writ petition is devoid of merits and liable to be dismissed. It is accordingly dismissed. No order as to costs. JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU. Date: 7-4-2010. MVB.