CIVIL WRIT JURISDICTION CASE No.6670 OF 1995 In the matter of an application Under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India. JANARDAN PRASAD SINGH, son of late Shiva Nand Singh, resident of Pathar Ka Masjid, Dargah Road, Police Station- Sultanganj, District- Patna. --------- Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR through the Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Department of Urban Development, Government of Bihar, Patna. 2. Patna Municipal Corporation through the Administrator, Patna Municipal Corporation, Patna. 3. Chief Executive Officer-cum-Administrator, Patna Municipal Corporation, Patna. 4. Deputy Secretary, Department of Urban Development, Government of Bihar, Patna. ---------- Respondents. For The Petitioner :BANWARI SHARMA For The Respondent :(GP4) P R E S E N T THE HON'BLE JUSTICE SMT. SHEEMA ALI KHAN S.A. Khan, J. This writ application has been filed making a prayer that the petitioner who is working as a Painter in the Patna Municipal Corporation should be granted the same scale of pay as that of a Clerk who is posted in the said Corporation. From the pleadings it appears that initially the pay scale of Painter Clerk and other posts were similar however, after the Pay Revision Committee gave its recommendation, the pay scale of a Painter and that of a Clerk was made distinguishable and separate pay scales 2 were recommended by the Pay Revision Committee in accordance with the qualification etc. held by the persons holding the two aforesaid posts. In the circumstances, I find that the petitioner has not made out any grounds by which this Court can hold that a person who is appointed as a Painter should be granted the same scale of pay as a Clerk in the Municipal Corporation. In this writ application the petitioner has also prayed that he may be granted Time Bound Promotion etc. Nobody appears on behalf of the petitioner. However, the Patna Municipal Corporation is bound to consider whether the petitioner is entitled to Time Bound Promotion in view of the fact that he has completed 36 years in service. The writ application is thus dismissed with the aforesaid observations. Patna High Court 10th September, 2008 Sanjay/N.A.F.R. (Sheema Ali Khan, J.)