THE HON’BLE SMT. JUSTICE T. MEENA KUMARI and THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G. CHANDRAIAH WRIT PETITION No. 20691 of 2007 O R D E R: (Per the Hon’ble Smt. Justice T. Meena Kumari) This writ petition is filed against the order dated 12.2.2007 passed by the A.P. Administrative Tribunal in O.A. No. 892 of 2005. Heard the learned counsel for the parties and perused the material available on record. Though the learned counsel for the petitioner contended that the respondents have erred in not considering the case of the petitioner for promotion while considering the cases of juniors to the petitioners and that the said action of the respondents is illegal and arbitrary, a perusal of the material available on record discloses that for the panel year 1996-97 the name of the petitioner did not come up for consideration and the next DPC for the panel year 1997-98 was held on 19.5.1998 by which date the petitioner was not in service. As such, his case could not be considered for promotion whereas the juniors to the petitioner were still in service as on the said date and hence their cases were considered. As rightly pointed out by the Tribunal, it is not the case of the petitioner that any junior to him was promoted while he was in service. In the circumstances, the order passed by the Tribunal needs no interference. The writ petition is devoid of merit. It is accordingly dismissed. T. MEENA KUMARI, J. G. CHANDRAIAH, J. Date: 05-10-2007. MVB.