IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.5137 of 2002 1.Paras Nath Pandey, son of Late Harihar Pandey, at present working as Assistant Teacher in Middle School, Shekhpura, P.S. Sastri Nagar, District- Patna 2.Sneh Lata Sahay, wife of Birendra Kumar Sinha, at present working as Assistant Teacher in Primary School, Shekhpura, Bind Toli, Bailey Road, P.S. Sastri Nagar, District- Patna 3.Indumati Upadhyay, wife of Nirantar Upadhyay, at present working as Assistant in Primary School, Mushar Toli, Shekhpura, P.S. Sastri Nagar, District- Patna 4.Gyatri Devi, wife of Maheshwar Prasad Sharma, at present working as Assistant Teacher in Kanya Middle School, Punaichak, P.S. Kotwali, District- Patna …………. Petitioners Versus 1.The State Of Bihar 2.The District Education Establishment Committee, through its Chairman-cum-District Magistrate, Patna 3.The District Superintendent of Education, Patna ……….. Respondents ----------- 3. 03/03/2010 Petitioners, who are working as Assistant Teachers in Matric Trained Scale, have filed this writ application for a direction to the respondents to grant them Selection Grade Scale as they have completed qualifying period of service for the same. A counter affidavit has been filed in the case by the District Superintendent of Education, Patna on 23.3.2007. It is stated in the counter affidavit that “steps have already been undertaken for preparation of gradation list required for providing selection grade - 2 - scale to teachers who are in the senior scale of Matric trained”. It has also been stated in the counter affidavit that “after preparation of the gradation list and also after being approved by the District Education Establishment Committee the case of the petitioners and others will be duly considered for grant of selection grade in the matric trained scale”. In view of such stand in the counter affidavit, there is no lis in this writ application to be decided. However, since counter affidavit was filed in 2007, respondents are directed to expedite consideration of the case for grant of selection grade scale and, if not already granted, pass orders in this respect in accordance with law, preferably within a period of three months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. This writ application is accordingly disposed of with the aforesaid observations and directions. Pradeep/ (J. N. Singh, J.)