Mere pendency of writ petition should not disentitle petitioner from benefits flowing out of order under challenge

The facts, as disclosed from the record, in a nut-shell are that the original applicant was initially recruited as Supporting Staff Grade-I on 25.7.1979 by the 1st respondent and subsequently promoted as Supporting Staff Grade-II on 4.10.1996. In the meanwhile, he acquired matriculation qualification in the year 1995 while in service. The promotion from the cadre of Supporting Staff Grade-II is to the next higher cadre i.e. the Technical cadre T-1 in Category-1. According to the Recruitment and Promotion Rules, a member of service in the cadre of Supporting Staff Grade-II having matriculation ...