Judgment 1. Heard counsel for the parties. 2. This appeal is directed against order dated 18.01.2005 passed by a learned single Judge of this Court in C.W.J.C. No. 10649 of 1998. 3. The only grievance, which has been made by the appellant, is that notional promotion was permissible to the appellant with effect from 30th August, 1991, as per the notification issued by the State Government dated 30th December, 1997 granting such notional promotion to the appellant and similarly situated persons but the learned Single Judge of this Court directed to grant notional promotion to the appellant with retrospective effect from 21.06.1988. 4. From annexure 8 to the writ application, it would be manifest that notional promotion was granted to this appellant with effect from 30.08.1991 to 16.11.1995 and the same time, it was qualified that he would be entitled for monetary benefit with effect from 17.11.1995. It also appears that the learned Single Judge proceeded on the presumption that the appellant was also entitled for notional promotion at par with the juniors, who were promoted some time in the year 1988 notwithstanding that such promotion was not available to this appellant, as he had not passed out the departmental examination finally till that date and he did so in the year 1995 and secondly after coming into force of the unified cadre in 1989 the learned Single Judge of this Court could not have issued direction for notionl promotion to the appellant with effect from 21.6.1988 itself. 5. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, therefore, that part of the order, whereby and whereunder direction was issued to grant notional promotion to the appellant with effect from 21.6.1988 is modified to the extent that the appellant would be entitled for notional promotion only with effect from 30.08.1991 till 16.11.1995. 6. With the modification aforesaid, this appeal is dismissed.