IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC NO.8740 OF 2007 CHANDRIKA RAM,S/O LATE JAGDEO RAM, R/O VILLAGE BISHANPURA, P.O. AND P.S ISUAPUR, DISTRICT SARAN, PRESENTLY POSTED AS AN ASSISTANT TEACHER, PRIMARY SCHOOL, GIPURA, P.S PANAPUR, DISTRICT SARAN. …………………PETITIONER. VERSUS 1.THE STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH THE SECRETARY, PRIMARY EDUCATION, GOVT. OF BIHAR, PATNA. 2.THE DIRECTOR, PRIMARY EDUCATION, GOVT. OF BIHAR, PATNA. 3.THE DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION, SARAN. 4.THE BLOCK EDUCATION EXTENSION OFFICER, PANAPUR (SARAN). 5.MUNNI LAL RAM, S/O NOT KNOWN, HEADMASTER, MIDDLE SCHOOL, MURZAPUR, DISTRICT GOPALGANJ. ………………………RESPONDENTS. ----------- 02/ 29.09.2011 Heard counsel for the parties. Having regard to the prayer of the petitioner in this writ application relating to his promotion in the B.A trained scale of pay, this Court in absence of counter affidavit must hold that the case of the petitioner has to be considered on the basis of the seniority position fixed in the gradation list prepared in view of the direction given by a Full Bench of this Court in the Ram Nath Singh & Ors vs The State of Bihar & Ors, 2009(3) PLJR 384. In that view of the matter, this 2 Court would direct the District Programme Officer, Chapra to ensure that the case of the petitioner for promotion, if not already considered, must be placed before the District Education Establishment Committee within a period of three months so that the Committee takes its decision in the next two months and the consequential benefit, if any, to the petitioner is also extended in the next one month of the decision taken by the Committee. The whole exercise as indicated above must be completed within a period of six months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. With the aforementioned observation and direction, this application is disposed of. Ranjan (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)