Judgment 1. The petitioner was a Revenue Assistant. He sought promotion to the post of Deputy Tahsildar in Kancheepuram District for the panel year 2012, without reference to the punishment of censure by including him in the panel at the appropriate place based on the Full Bench Decision of this Court dated 27.04.2011 in W.A.No.316 of 2011 etc., batch reported in 2011 (4) MLJ 1 . 2. The learned Additional Government Pleader has stated that after the Full Bench judgment, the Government made amendment to Rule 4(a) of the General Rules for Tamil Nadu State and Subordinate Services by way of G.O.Ms.No.22 Personnel and Administrative Reforms (S) Department dated 24.02.2014 and the Rule comes into effect retrospectively from 18.10.1993. Now, as per the statutory rules, the punishment of censure would have currency for one year. If it is so, he could not get promotion to the post of Deputy Tahsildar for the panel year 2011-2012. 3. In view of the amendment made to the Statutory Rules with effect from 18.10.1993, this Court cannot issue mandamus as sought for by the petitioner since such a direction is against the Statutory Rules. Hence the writ petition fails. However, this cannot preclude the petitioner from questioning the Rule itself, if he is so advised, as the counsel sought to argue that the Rule is bad and the same cannot be gone into in this writ petition. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed. No costs.