It is the case of the petitioner that the post of Deputy Manager (Agriculture) is to be filled by way of promotion from the post of Area Officer, Grade-II and, in fact, petitioner was initially appointed as Procurement and Input Assistant in December, 1983 and was redesignated as Field Officer and was further promoted as Area Officer, Grade-II on 15.3.1989 and then promoted to the post of Deputy Manager (Agriculture) in the year 2001. While that being so, for want of vacancy, Voluntary Retirement Scheme was introduced in the year 2003 and one D.Achuta Rao, being junior most in the cadre of Deputy Manager, was made to voluntarily retire. The said Achyuta Rao challenged the same in W.P.Nos. 9565 and 13985 of 2003, but the said writ petitions were dismissed by this Court vide order dated 26.9.2003. Aggrieved by the same, he filed W.A.Nos. 1787 and 1786 of 2003 respectively. The said writ appeals were allowed declaring the appellant- D.Achyuta Rao senior to 3rd respondent – K. Ramesh Kumar Reddy (petitioner herein). Aggrieved by the same, respondents carried the matter in Civil Appeal (Civil) Nos. 1391 of 2007 arising out of Special Leave to Appeal (Civil) Nos. 15912-15913 of 2004, wherein it was stated that the said Achyuta Rao is senior to the petitioner in the cadre of Deputy Manager (Agriculture). Consequently, vide Proceedings No.P&a/HR-3/Supreme Court/2197-2007 dated 21.4.2007, petitioner was relieved pursuant to Voluntary Retirement Scheme. Against the said forcible retirement under Voluntary Retirement Scheme, he made representation on 25.4.2007. Since no orders were passed on the said representation, he filed W.P. No. 9906 of 2003 before this Court and obtained status quo orders on 1.5.2007. While the matter stood thus, a vacancy of Deputy Manager