THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE K.G.SHANKAR Writ Petition No.19638 of 2011 ORDER (Per Sri Justice Ghulam Mohammed) The petitioner while working as Additional Revenue Inspector, retired from service on 31.10.2001. During his service, he was promoted as Deputy Tahsildar on 06.07.1998, but reverted thereafter to the post of Senior Assistant by proceedings dated 07.08.1998. He states that he was exempted from passing the departmental test as he crossed 45 years and in fact, he passed the test in Cr.P.C. in 1996 and as such, he is entitled for promotion to the post of Deputy Tahsildar in the year 1996 itself. On his several representations, the first respondent vide memo dated 26.03.2008, rejected the same on the ground that the entry regarding passing of the departmental test in Cr.P.C was made in the service register in the year 2001. Challenging the said memo, the petitioner filed O.A.No.7410 of 2008 before the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad (for short ‘the Tribunal’), which in turn dismissed the same on 21.03.2011. Challenging the memo and the order of the Tribunal, the petitioner filed the present writ petition. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Services-II. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner contended that the Tribunal failed to appreciate that it is the duty of the respondents to consider the eligible candidates for promotion during the panel year and there is no need to submit each employee an application for his promotion. 4. Learned Government Pleader for Services-II contended that disciplinary proceedings were pending against the petitioner since 1997 till his retirement and punishment for stoppage of annual grade increments was also imposed against him and as such, he was not promoted during the period of punishment and thereafter, he retired from service. He further contended that the petitioner ought to have made any request for promotion in 1996 and as such, his request in 2001 for notional promotion in the cadre of Deputy Tahsildar was rejected. 5. The material on record shows that the petitioner was promoted to the post of Deputy Tahsildar vide proceedings dated 08.07.1998, but later reverted vide proceedings dated 07.08.1998. Though the petitioner passed the test in Cr.P.C. in 1996 and is eligible by way of exemption from passing the test as he crossed 45 years age, he never made any application for promotion at that time. Since disciplinary proceedings were pending against him since 1997 till his retirement and he was also imposed with the punishments of stoppage of annual grade increments without cumulative effect, his case for promotion was not considered by the respondents. At any rate, the petitioner is now retired from service. Therefore, granting relief for notional promotion with back dates in favour of the petitioner does not arise. Hence, we are of the view that the Tribunal has rightly dismissed the O.A. by the order impugned, which need not be interfered with by this Court. The writ petition fails and is accordingly, dismissed. No costs. _____________________ GHULAM MOHAMMED, J _______________ K.G.SHANKAR, J Date:13.07.2011. sj