IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No 10367 of 2006 Yogendra Kumar Pandey, son of Sri Ram Pravesh Pandey, resident of Mohalla – New Jakkanpur, P S – Jakkanpur, District – Patna, at present Posted as Typist Clerk in the office of Executive Engineer, Planning and Monitoring Division, Water Resources Department, Anisabad, Patna -2 - Petitioner Versus 1 The State of Bihar through the Secretary –cum- Commissioner, Water Resources Department, Government of Bihar, Irrigation Building, Harding Road, Bihar, Patna 2 The Secretary –cum- Commissioner, Water Resources Department, Government of Bihar, Irrigation Building, Harding Road, Bihar, Patna 3 The Engineer-in-Chief, Water Resources Department, Irrigation Building, Government of Bihar, Patna 4 The Under Secretary, Water Resources Department, Irrigation Building, Old Secretariat, Patna 5 The Chief Engineer, Water Resources Department, Anisabad Irrigation, Government of Bihar, Patna 6 The Superintending Engineer, Design, Planning and Monitoring Circle at Anisabad, Patna 7 The Superintending Engineer, Advance Planning Investigation Circle, at present known as Gramin Vikash Vishes Anchal – 1, Harding Road, Sichai Barrak No 2, Patna 8 Sri Gupteshwar Ojha, Chief Engineer (Mechanical), Water Resources Department, Old Secretariat, Patna - Respondents ----------- 2 30.11.2010 The petitioner was appointed on 14.03.1972 as a Section Peon. In 1979, he was promoted as a Typist Clerk. In 1998, he made a grievance that some persons, who had joined virtually simultaneously with him, were immediately promoted to the post of Typist Clerk. They were juniors. This aspect of the matter has been considered and the claim of petitioner, by the impugned order, has been dismissed. I am not inclined to interfere in the matter. The reason is that petitioner woke up after twenty years to reopen the matter of inter se seniority and claim promotion. Petitioner was appointed in March, 1972. Other persons were appointed in April, 1972. They were promoted as Typist in August, 1972. Petitioner was promoted in 1979. He made no 2 protest and now after twenty years, he first made a protest. Such a belated challenge, in matters of seniority, cannot be countenanced. The writ petition is, thus, dismissed. M.E.H./ (Navaniti Prasad Singh)