IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.8857 of 1996 ALI AHMAD SON OF MUMTAZ AHMAD RESIDENT OF RAJA BAZAR, P.S. SHASTRINAGAR, DISTRICT PATNA. Versus 1. STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH THE SECCRETARY, BUILDING CONSTRUCTION AND HOUSING DEPARTMENT, NIRMAN BHAWAN, PATNA 2. CHIEF ENGINEER (SOUTH BIHAR), BUILDING CONSTRUCTION AND HOUSING DEPARTMENT, TECHNICAL SECRETARIAT, PATNA. 3. EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, PATNA CITY BUILDING DIVISION, WEST BORING CANAL ROAD, PATNA. 4. SECRETARY, PERSONNEL AND ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS DEPARTMENT, GOVT. OF BIHAR, PATNA. ----------- 7 09/11/2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner ought to have been given time bound promotion by calculating the period he had worked in the work charge establishment. He does not dispute that the petitioner was not entitled to any benefit while he was in the work charge establishment. Once he came to be appointed in the regular establishment, in terms of Circular dated 27.03.1987 issued by the Finance Department, this period will have to be considered while granting time bound promotion. - 2 - Without expressing any opinion on this aspect of the matter, let petitioner file his claim with a Xerox copy of the aforesaid circular along with a copy of this order before the competent authority who shall examine whether the claim of the petitioner in light of the said circular makes out a case for grant of relief which he is looking for which is grant of time bound promotion by calculating the period he worked in the work charge establishment. This writ application is disposed of with a direction that if petitioner moves before the competent authority, a decision will be taken and communicated to the petitioner by him in the matter within a period of four months from the date of filing such claim. AMIN/ (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.)