IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.9032 of 2008 BIRENDRA KUMAR & ANR Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 4 30.7.2008 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the State. The impugned order purports to cancel the promotion interalia of the petitioners on the plea of non- compliance of certain government procedures and yard stick of the order of promotion passed earlier. Learned counsel for the petitioners made a short submission that the impugned order dated 16.5.2008 (Annexure 1) referred to issuance of show cause notice to the aggrieved employees including petitioners when the petitioners had been classified as one of the persons who had never submitted any reply of the show cause notice. Specific assertions in paragraphs 13 and 15 of the writ petition that no show cause has ever been served by the respondents to the petitioners This writ application is disposed with direction that respondents shall be obliged to serve a copy of the show cause notice to the petitioners within a maximum period of six weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of - 2 - this order. The petitioners shall then be obliged to submit their reply to the show cause within four weeks from the date of service of such show cause upon them. To that extent the impugned order dated 16.5.2008,which proceeded on the assumption that the petitioner had no grievance, is accordingly set aside and no further action shall be taken by the respondents on any assumption that the petitioners have nothing to say in the matter. shahid (Navin Sinha, J)