IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.3856 of 2007 Maheshwari Singh, son of late Chandraketu Narayan Singh, resident of village- Madhubala Bhawan, Mahadeva Road, C/o Nutan General Store, East of V.M. High School, P.O. and P.S. Siwan, District Siwan … … Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar, through the Secretary, Water Resources Department, Government of Bihar, Patna 2. The Secretary, Water Resources Department, Government of Bihar, Patna 3. The Chief Engineer, Water Resources Department, Siwan 4. The Executive Engineer, Saran Canal Division, Gandak Yojana, Siwan .. Respondents ---------------------------------- 02/ 26.09.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. 2. Petitioner, who superannuated with effect from 28.2.2005, has filed this writ petition praying, inter alia, to direct the authorities to consider the request of the petitioner for grant of time bound promotion until 31.12.1995 and thereafter for grant of A.C.P. benefit, but from the own showing of the petitioner, aforesaid two reliefs cannot be allowed to him, as he did not pass the departmental examination. Counsel for the petitioner then submitted that request of the petitioner be considered on the ground that petitioner having appeared in the departmental 2 examination could not succeed but after attaining 50 years of age, he is entitled for exemption from passing the departmental examination. 3. Let petitioner request the competent authority for grant of exemption from passing the departmental examination and if such exemption is allowed then from the date of grant of such exemption, time bound promotion until 31.12.1995 and A.C.P. benefits from 1.1.1996 until the date of retirement be granted to the petitioner. Consideration for such exemption be made within two months from the date of receipt of the request of the petitioner for the same and if exemption is allowed then consideration be made for grant of time bound promotion and A.C.P. benefit also within another two months. 4. The writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of. Arjun/ ( V. N. Sinha, J.)