IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA MJC No.355 of 2007 Birju Kumar, son of Shri Newa Das, resident of village- Mohammadpur, P.S. Ashthawan, District-Nalanda, Presently working as Lower Division Clerk, Sub-Registry Office, Danapur, Patna Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. Smt. N.Vijay Laxmi, the Secretary-cum-Inspector General, Registration, Government of Bihar, Vikash Bhawan, Patna ----------- 6. 07.09.2009 Heard learned counsels for the parties. A supplementary show cause is filed today on behalf of opposite party no.2, the Secretary-cum- Inspector General, Registration, Government of Bihar in which an order contained in memo no. 1994 dated 5.8.2009 has been annexed by which the petitioner has been granted promotion with effect from 4.2.1997 on the post of Upper Division Clerk with financial benefits. It is submitted that by the said order the petitioner has been granted promotion with effect from the same date as his junior has been promoted and thus the order under contempt stands complied with. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that no payment has been made pursuant to the said order. The impugned order does not fix any specific time for grant of the actual benefits; hence, it cannot be argued that any contempt is made out on that ground but it is expected that the opposite parties shall ensure payment of financial benefits within a reasonable period of time. The contempt application is accordingly dismissed. S. Pandey (Ramesh Kumar Datta, J.)