IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.8028 of 2007 MUKTI PRASAD SON OF SRI JITAN PRASAD, PRESENTLY POSTED AS ASSISTANT GOVERNMENTARCHITECT IN THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING CONSTRUCTION, GOVT. OF BIHAR, PATNA AND PRESENTLY RESIDING AT RMS COLONY, KANKARBAGH, PS KANKARBAGH IN THE TOWN AND DISTRICT OF PATNA ….. PETITIONER VERSUS 1.THE STATE OF BIHAR 2.THE CHIEF SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR, PATNA 3.THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL & ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS, GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR, PATNA. 4.THE SECRETARY, BUILDING CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR, PATNA 5.THE DEPUTY SECRETARY, BUILDING CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR, PATNA. … RESPONDENTS --------- 2 25.9.2008 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner has prayed for quashing of an order dated 10.4.2007 issued by the Deputy Secretary, Building Construction Department (Annexure-1) whereby final gradation list of Assistant Government Architects under the Building Construction Department has been published. The grievance of the petitioner is that he should have been senior to one Anil Kumar shown at serial no.2 because he belongs to a reserved category. The date of appointment of Anil Kumar as shown in the gradation list is earlier to that of the petitioner and no rules have been shown that if a reserved category candidate enters into service later he has to be placed higher in the gradation list because be belongs to some reserved category. In that view of the matter, this Court finds no merit in the writ petition. It is accordingly dismissed. (Shiva Kirti Singh, J.) sk