IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA MJC No.3738 of 2009 Mithilesh Kumar, son of late Shiv Kumar Singh, R/o Village Kopawa, P.S. Dumraon, District Buxar. ------- Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. Mr. Anjani Kumar Singh, the Principal Secretary-cum- Commissioner, Human Resources Development Department, Govt. of Bihar. 3. Mr. Ashutosh, the Director, Primary Education, Human Resources Development Department, Govt. of Bihar. 4. Mr. Anil Kumar Verma, the Director Administration, Human Resources Development Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 5. Mr. Akhauri Ranjan Srivastava, the Secretary, Bihar Public Service Commission, Patna. 6. Pawan Kumar, son of late Jwala Prasad Singh, at present working as Block Education Extension Officer, Block Piparahi, District West Champaran. 7. Smt. Meena Kumar, W/o Indi Shekhar, at present working as Headmaster Govt. Basic School, Shekhdharwa, District West Champaran. ---------- Respondents/Opposite Parties ----------- 3 17.03.2011 No one appears on behalf of the petitioner. Counsel for the State is present and with the help of the show cause reply filed on behalf of the opposite party nos. 2 to 4 would submit that the case of the petitioner for promotion has already been placed before the Departmental Proceeding Committee. Counsel for the State, however, is not aware as to whether such meeting of the Departmental Proceeding Committee has taken place and what decision has been taken therein as with regard to the case of 2 promotion of the petitioner. Considering the fact that the direction of this Court in the order dated 22.5.2009 in CWJC No. 6669 of 2009 was confined to placing the case of promotion of the petitioner before Departmental Proceeding Committee and such action has already been taken, this contempt application has become infructuous. Nonetheless, as the final decision has to be taken on the recommendation made by the Departmental Proceeding Committee, this Court would also expect that the departmental authority including the opposite party nos. 2 to 4 would ensure that a final decision is taken in the matter regarding promotion of the petitioner within a period of three months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. With the aforementioned observations and direction, this contempt application is disposed of. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)