IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.8144 of 1997 Anand Kumar Sinha Son of Shri Bir Bhadra Narayan Singh, resident of “Ramkuti”, Mohalla Hanuman Tola, Police Station Arrah Town, District Bhojpur …Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through the Joint Secretary, Human Resources Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 2. The Secretary, Primary, Secondary and Adult Education, Govt. of Bihar, Ex-officio Chairman, State Institute of Educational Technology, Bihar, Patna 3. The Director, State Institute of Educational Technology, Bihar, Patna 4. The State Institute of Educational Technology, Bihar, Patna through its Director 5. Shri Kalyan Prasad, son of not known, Engineer Assistant (Doordarshan) Institute of Educational Technology, Bihar, Patna….. Respondents ---------------------------------- 05- 5/12/2011 None appear on behalf of the parties when the case is called out. This writ petition had been filed for a direction to the respondents to consider the case of promotion of the petitioner on the sanctioned vacant post of Engineering Assistant in accordance with the decision taken by the Executive Committee of the State Institute of Educational Technology in its meeting dated 14.12.96. It is the case of the petitioner that in the said meeting, out of the seven posts three posts were earmarked to be filled up by promotion. The petitioner is aggrieved by non-consideration of his case for that promotion. In view of the case having remained pending for over 14 years and also the fact that nobody appears for the petitioner, this Court can only presume that the matter has become infructuous. 2. In view of the aforesaid, this writ petition stands disposed of. mrl ( Ahsanuddin Amanullah, J.) 2