IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.4550 of 2009 Dilip Kumar Singh s/o late Ganga Mandal, resident of Mohalla – C/6, A.G. Colony, Sheikhpura, P.S. – Shastrinagar, District – Patna …………. Petitioner Versus 1. The Union Of India through the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, 10, Bahadursah Jafar Marg, New Delhi 2. The Accountant General (A & E), Jharkhand, P.O. – Hinoo, Ranchi 3. The Accountant General (A & E) Bihar, Birchand Patel Path, Patna …………….. Respondents ----------- For the petitioner: Mr. Manoj Kumar Singh Mr. Brajesh Kumar Pandey, Advocates For the respondents: Mr. J.P.Karn, Advocate 3 4/8/2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the Union of India and perused the order of the Central Administrative Tribunal under challenge dated 18.7.2008. The petitioner’s right for being considered for promotion depended on the issue whether his claim that Praveshika Examination from Hindi Vidyapith, Deoghar, Bihar is equivalent to the matriculation examination or not. The tribunal disallowed the case of the petitioner on account of outcome of an earlier round of litigation between the parties. Relevant portion 2 of the earlier order has been quoted in paragraph – 7 of the impugned order and the entire order is also available on record of this case as Annexure – 15/A. There is no dispute that the earlier decision by which petitioner’s claim that his employer, the Union of India, is bound to treat the Praveshika Examination from Hindi Vidyapith as equivalent to matriculation examination, was not accepted and that order dated 4.10.2001 (Annexure 15/A) was never challenged by the petitioner. Before us an attempt was made on behalf of the petitioner to show that the State of Bihar has granted recognition to the Praveshika Examination from Hindi Vidyapith, Deoghar. Materials on record show that the State of Bihar has granted recognition provided the Praveshika Examination in question has been cleared with English as one of the papers but there is no material to show a similar decision by the Union of India. On behalf of the petitioner it has been submitted that he obtained the Certificate from Hindi Vidyapith, Deoghar in the year 1976. From annexure - 3 15, it appears that as late as 25.6.1992 the concerned authorities of the Government of India were still making queries regarding equivalence of the said examination from the State of Bihar. After considering the reasonings given by the Tribunal for not accepting the claim of the petitioner, we find no good reasons to interfere with the impugned order. The writ petition is, therefore, dismissed. Neyaz/ (Shiva Kirti Singh, ACJ.) (Anjana Prakash, J.)