IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA MJC No.1344 of 2007 AWADHESH PANDEY, Son of late Raghunandan Pandey, at present working as Executive Engineer (Technical Division), Public Health Engineering Circle (Drinking Water and Sanitation Circle), Deoghar :--- Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR, through the Secretary, Public Health Engineering Department, Bihar, Patna, namely, Shri Shashi Shekhar Sharma, Son of name not known to the petitioner. 2. Secretary, Public Health Engineering Department, Bihar, Patna, namely, Shri Shashi Shekhar Sharma, Son of name not known to the petitioner. 3. State of Jharkhand through Principal Secretary, Drinking Water and Sanitation Department, Jharkhand, through Shri Ashok Kumar Basu, Son of name not known to the petitioner. 4. Principal Secretary, Drinking Water and Sanitation Department, Jharkhand, namely, Shri Ashok Kumar Basu, Son of name not known to the petitioner. 5. Accountant General (A&E), Bihar, namely, Shri Gautam Guha, Son of name not known to the petitioner. 6. Accountant General (A & E), Jharkhand, namely, Shri Rakesh Kumar Verma, Son of name not known to the petitioner :-- Respondents-Opposite Parties. ----------- 2. 14.10.2009. In compliance of my order dated 18.08.2006 passed in C.W.J.C.No. 3533 of 2004, Annexure-1 petitioner has been found fit for promotion as Executive Engineer with effect from 1.4.1998 and notification to that effect has been issued by the State of Bihar bearing Memo No. 514 dated 13.11.2006, Annexure-2 as also by the State of Jharkhand bearing Memo No. 2399 dated 31.5.2007 but in both the notifications it has been directed that the monetary benefit shall be admissible to the petitioner with effect from the date of joining the post of Executive Engineer. This contempt application is, accordingly, disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to assail that part of both the notification, whereunder he has been directed to claim monetary benefit of the promoted post from the date of joining and not from the date he was found fit for promotion. P.K.P. (V.N.Sinha,J.)