IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.6836 of 2005 RAM EKBAL RAI Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS. For the petitioner : Mr. Bipin Bihari Singh, Advocate. For the Corporation : Mr. Rajesh Choudhary, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Sashi Shakher Pd. Sinha(JC to GP-IX). ----------- 4. 9.7.2008. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, State and the counsel for the Bihar Finished Leather Corporation. 2. Petitioner is an employee of the Bihar Finished Leather Corporation. and has filed this writ application for a direction to the holding Company to consider his case for time bound promotion as other similarly situate employees of the holding Company have been considered for such promotion in compliance of the orders of this Court dated 7.7.2004 passed in C.W.J.C. No. 5668 of 2004 as contained in Annexure-2 to this application. 3. Counsel for the Bihar Finished Leather Corporation, however, states that the affairs of the holding Company as also the subsidiary Company has come to a grounding halt and Company Petition has been filed before this Court praying inter alia to wind up the Company which is pending and even if petitioner is allowed time bound promotion he may not be paid the benefits pursuant to such promotion as the employees of the Company are not being paid their current salaries. 4. Counsel for the petitioner in rejoinder has submitted that the case of the petitioner for promotion be considered and the consequential financial benefit shall be subject to the result of the - 2 - Company Petition which has been filed for the winding up of the Company as also the subsidiary Company. 5. Let the authorities of the Company consider the case of the petitioner for grant of time bound promotion and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law within a reasonable time. 6. This writ application is, accordingly disposed of. Rajesh/ (V.N.Sinha,J.)