IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.13628 of 2005 1. SHALIGRAM MANJHI S/O LATE BALDEO MANJHI R/O MOHALLA BABUTOLA, PS- & DISTT- BANKA AT PRESENT RETIRED PANCHAYAT SEWAK OF BANKA BLOCK, DISTT- BANKA 2. KARTICK RAM S/O LATE LAL GUJAR RAM R/O VILL. & PS- KATORIA,DISTT- BANKA, AT PRESENT RETIRED PANCHAYAT SEWAK OF KATORIA BLOCK UNDER BANKA DISTT. 3. BRAHAMDEO SINGH S/O LATE GOVIND SIGNH, R/O VILL- MAHADEOPUR PS- AMARPUR DISTT.-BANKA, AT PRESENT RETIRED PANCHAYAT SEWAK OF BAUSHI BLOCK UNDER BANKA DISTIRCT------------------PETITIONERS Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH THE SECY. PANCHAYAT RAJ, VISHWASHARAIYA BHAWAN BAILEY ROAD, PATNA 2. THE DIRECTOR PANCHAYAT RAJ VIKASH BHAWAN BAILEY ROAD, PATNA 3. THE D.M., BANKA 4. THE DISTRICT PANCHAYAT OFFICER, BANKA 5. THE B.D.O. BANKA 6. THE B.D.O. KATORIA, DISTT- BANKA 7. THE B.D.O. BAUSHI, DISTT- BANKA.------RESPONDENTS with CWJC No.13745 of 2005 DEOCHANDRA JHA S/O LATE KUNG BIHARI JHA, R/O SHYAM BAZAR, PS- BAUNSHI, DISTT. BANKA AT PRESENT RETIRED PANCHAYAT SEWAK OF PRAKHAND & DISTT.-BANKA-PETITIONER Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH THE SECY. PANCHAYAT RAJ, SISHWASHARAIYA BHAWAN, BAILEY ROAD, PATNA. 2. THE DIRECTOR PANCHAYAT RAJ, VIKAS BHAWAN, BAILEY ROAD, PATNA 3. THE D.M.BANKA 4. THE DISTRICT PANCHAYAT OFFICER, BANKA 5. THE B.D.O. BANKA----------RESPONDENTS with CWJC No.13876 of 2005 1. SWARUP LAL MANDAL S/O ISHWAR PD. MANDAL R/O VILL- BHARTIKITA PS- & DISTT- GODDA (S.P) AT PRESENT RETIRED PANCHAYAT SEWAK OF KATORIA BLOCK UNDER THE DISTT- BANKA 2. DINESH PD. SAH S/O LATE CHUNNI PD. SAH, R/O VILL- & PS BARAHAT, DISTT- BANKA AT PRESENT RETIRED PANCHAYAT SEWAK OF BELHAR BLOCK UNDER BANKA DISTT.---PETITIONERS Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH SECY. PANCHAYAT RAJ VISHWASHARAIYA BHAWAN BAILEY ROAD, PATNA 2. THE DIRECTOR, PANCHAYAT RAJ, VIKAS BHAWAN, PATNA 3. THE D.M., BANKA 4. THE DISTRICT PANCHAYAT OFFICER, BANKA 5. THE B.D.O.KATORIA, BANKA 6. THE B.D.O.BELHAR, DISTT- BANKA-------RESPONDENTS. ----------- For the Petitioners Mr. K.N.Jha, Advocate For the State: Mr. AC to AAG-2. ----------- 2 9.9.2010 Heard learned counsel for the parties. All these writ applications have common facts and - 2 - common question of law raised in the circumstances noted below. The present litigations seem to have been inspired by a promotion which came to be passed or issued by Zila Panchayat Raj Officer, Banka which is letter no. 439 dated 16.12.2004. Two of the retired Panchayat Sewaks have been given promotion after their retirement which related to time bound promotion. It seems when the news spread in the district, the present petitioners have also rushed to the High Court after many years of retirement by claiming similar kind of benefit. This Court is not willing to investigate the circumstances under which the benefit of promotion has accrued in favour of the two Panchayat Sewaks and who are stated to be junior to these petitioners. But if such a benefit has accrued and these petitioners are otherwise not precluded for any other reason to claim such a benefit the matter will have to be enquired into by the concerned authority i.e. District Magistrate, Banka. Without expressing any opinion on the merit of the claim of these petitioners, all the three writ applications are disposed of with a direction to the respondent authority that if the petitioners file their representations with their service details along with a copy of this order, an appropriate decision would be communicated to the petitioners in this regard within a reasonable time frame. All the three writ applications are disposed of with the above direction. RPS (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.)