IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Letters Patent Appeal No.1673 of 2011 In Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 7698 of 2011 ====================================================== Bikau Sahu, S/o Late Charitra Sahu, R/o Village- Basauli, P.S.- Rahika, District- Madhubani, retired Section Officer, Bihar Secretariat Service Department of Environment and Forest, Bihar, Patna. .... Petitioner/Appellant Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. The Chief Secretary to the Government of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Principal Secretary Department of General Administrative, Department, Bihar, Patna. 4. The Principal Secretary Department Environment and Forest, Bihar, Patna. 5. The Joint Secretary General Administrative Department, Bihar, Patna. .... Respondents/Respondents ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant : Mr. Kameshwar Kumar, Advocate For the Respondents : Mr. Rajesh Kumar, GP-21 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BIRENDRA PRASAD VERMA ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE) 2 20-12-2011 Feeling aggrieved by the order dated 11th August 2011 made by the learned Single Judge in above CWJC No. 7698 of 2011, the writ petitioner has preferred this Appeal under Clause 10 of the Letters Patent. The appellant, a retired government servant, seeks promotion to the post of Under Secretary to the Government of Bihar. Although, by the time, the Departmental Promotion Committee considered the promotion; the appellant had retired from service. The learned Single Judge has rejected the Patna High Court LPA No.1673 of 2011 (2) dt.20-12-2011 2 writ petition. We see no merit in this Appeal. Appeal is dismissed in limine. Devendra/- (R.M. Doshit, CJ) (Birendra Prasad Verma, J)