IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA LPA No.592 of 2008 VINOD THAKUR @ BINOD THAKUR Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- For the appellant : Mr.Rajendra Prasad Singh, Senior Advocate Mr. Rajeev Kumar Singh, Advocate ------- P R E S E N T Hon'ble the Chief Justice & Hon'ble Mr. Justice Kishore K. Mandal --- Dated, the 22nd August, 2008 Mr. Rajendra Prasad Singh, the senior counsel for the appellant, does not dispute that the pay scale was revised for the post graduate trained teacher and the graduate trained teacher with effect from 01st April, 1978. He also does not dispute that although the appellant claims to have acquired status of post graduate trained teacher on 08th February, 1978, but the claim had been made for the first time in the year 2007, i.e. after 29 years. While rejecting the representation of the appellant, the Director, Secondary Education, Bihar, Patna, has noticed that during this period, the Finance Department has sanctioned various scales from time to time, and, therefore, after a lapse of 29 years, the appellant’s claim for post graduate trained scale cannot be accepted. 2. We find no error in the approach of the government in consideration of the matter. Dismissal of writ petition by the Single - 2 - Judge, in the circumstances, cannot be faulted. 3. Letters Patent Appeal is dismissed in limine. R.M. Lodha, CJ Kishore K. Mandal, J. Sunil