IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.12337 of 2001 HARI NARAYAN RAI Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 8/ 25-Sep-08 Heard the parties. Petitioner retired from the post of Cashier on 31st of January, 2002 but before that he preferred this writ petition on 19.9.2001 in which the prayer is to direct the respondents to give regular promotion to the petitioner to the post of Accountant and to promote him further to the post of Chief Accountant in Patna (Vigilance) Department, Bihar, Patna and to give salary of the Chief Accountant to him since 1.2.1994. Only right of an employee in respect of promotion is a right of consideration. The petitioner has already superannuated from service and hence he has no legal rights to claim any promotion. It appears from the counter affidavit that a Committee has already considered the 2 petitioner’s claim for promotion to the post of Accountant w.e.f. retrospective date i.e. 1.2.1994 and has made favourable recommendation but as the matter required concurrence of the Finance Department, the proposal appears to have been sent to the Finance Department, Government of Bihar on 24.8.2007. It is expected that the concerned authorities shall take a decision in accordance with law on the basis of recommendation made by the Departmental Promotion Committee on 24.8.2007 vide Annexure-A at an early date preferably within three months. The writ petition is disposed of. perwez (Shiva Kirti Singh, J.)