IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.5204 of 2010 1. SHRINIWAS CHOUDHARY S/O LATE HARIHAR CHOUDHARY R/O VILL.- MANGOLPUR, P.S.- ITARHI, DISTT.- BUXAR, AT PRESENT R/O KAUTILYA NAGAR, VIDHAYAK COLONY, P.....- AERODRAM, DISTT.- PATNA Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH THE CHIEF SECRETARY, BIHAR, PATNA 2. THE SECRETARY, ROAD CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT, BIHAR, PATNA 3. ENGINEER-IN-CHIEF-CUM-ADDL. COMMISSIONER-CUM- SPECIAL SECRETARY, ROAD CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT, BIHAR, PATNA 4. DEPUTY SECRETARY (VIGILANCE), ROAD CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT, BIHAR, PATNA 5. DEPUTY SECRETARY (MANAGEMENT CELL) ROAD CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT, BIHAR, PATNA 6. THE BIHAR PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, BIHAR, PATNA THROUGH ITS CHAIRMAN ----------- 02. 23.11.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, for the State and for the B.P.S.C. It is submitted that juniors to the petitioner in the rank of Junior Engineer (Civil) have been promoted as Assistant Engineer (Civil) substantively by order dated 12.1.2010. The petitioner has been subjected to hostile discrimination having been ordered ad hoc promotion on 6.5.2010 a date subsequent to his juniors. The petitioner is stated to have represented already before the authorities on 21.1.2010. Let the representation of the petitioner be disposed off by a reasoned and speaking order 2 preferably within a maximum period of four weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. The application stands disposed. P.K. (Navin Sinha, J.)