IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.15167 of 2011 Ramadhar Singh, Son of Late Sriram Singh, resident of Village + Post – South Ekauna, P.S. – Udwantnagar, District – Bhojpur……. Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through the Secretary Home (Police), Patna, Bihar. 2. The Director General of Police, Bihar, Patna. 3. The I.G. of Police (Establishment), Bihar, Patna. 4. The D.I.G. of Police, Magadh Zone, Gaya. 5. The Superintendent of Police, Nawada. 6. The Accountant General, Bihar, Patna. …………… Respondents ---------------------------------- 2 09/09/2011 Heard Sri Pranav Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Dinbandhu Singh, learned Government Pleader No. 9, who appears on behalf of Respondent Nos. 1 to 6/State of Bihar and Sri Ajit Kumar, learned counsel appearing on behalf of Respondent No. 7/Accountant General, Bihar, Patna. The present writ petition has been filed by the petitioner with a prayer to direct the respondents to pay him increment since his date of promotion i.e. the year 1995. The petitioner retired as ‘Civil Jamadar’ on 30/06/2002 from the district of Nawada. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was not given increment on the ground that he had not passed Hindi noting and drafting examination. Learned counsel for the petitioner while referring to an order passed by this court in CWJC No. 12638 of 1999 disposed of on 10/5/2005 (‘Annexure -3’ to the writ petition) submits that this court has already held that passing of Hindi noting and drafting examination was not necessary for ‘Civil Jamadars’, and as such, it 2 was submitted that the petitioner was entitled to get increment even though he had not passed the said examination. The petitioner in the year 2011 has approached this court by invoking its extraordinary writ jurisdiction for granting increment with effect from 1995. Fact remains that the petitioner retired in the year 2002, and thereafter, for a long time, he did not raise any dispute. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that repeatedly the petitioner had approached the authority concerned raising the dispute that he was entitled to get increment even without passing such examination. The court is of the opinion that in the facts and circumstances of the present case, at such belated stage, this court may not exercise its writ jurisdiction in favour of the petitioner. The writ petition stands dismissed. Praful ( Rakesh Kumar, J.)