IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.9660 of 2004 RAJA RAM SINGH, son of late Beyas Singh, Resident of village- Chhakku Bigha, P.S. Haspura, District-Aurangabad, at present posted as Medical Social Worker, Leproshi Control Office, Narinagar, P. S. Navinagar, District-Aurangabad Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR & 2. The Director, Health Department, Leoproshi Control, New Secretariate, Bihar, Patna. 3. The Civil Surgeon-Cum-Chief Medical Officer, Aurangabad 4. Medical Officer, Leprosy Control Unit, Haspura, Aurangabad 5. Rajbanshi Singh Retd. Senior Grade Clerk, son of late Raghubans Singh, at nChhaku, Bigha, P.S. Haspura District- Aurangabad 6. Surjkant Singh, Head Clerk, at Bala Bigha, P.S. Karpi, District- Arwal, at present posted as Hanspura, Health Department, P.S. and Distt. Aurangabad Respondents ----------- 4/- 13.12.2010 The petitioner was appointed on 02.01.1970 as Clerk-cum-Typist (Leprosy Control Unit). Subsequently, he was appointed as Non-Medical Assistant vide Memo No. 2654(for-H) Patna dated 16.12.1971 on the pay- scale, which service was treated to be equivalent to the earlier post he was holding. On 15.02.1980, petitioner was appointed as a Medical Social Worker. Vide Memo No.329 dated 23.03.2000, petitioner was granted first time bound promotion, junior selection Grade on 01.04.1981 and senior selection grade on 01.04.1995. 2 The grievance of the petitioner is that Memo No. 329 has been modified by the impugned order contained in annexure no.3 vide memo no. 1561 dated 05.09.2001. It has been submitted that the authorities could not have passed this order without giving an opportunity to the petitioner to explain that he would be entitled to first and second time bound promotion or the replacements scheme which is now in vogue. I, therefore, direct the petitioner to file representation before the Director, Health Department, Leprosy Control, Patna within a period of eight weeks on receipt of a copy of this order which should be disposed of by the Director, Health Department, Leprosy Control, Patna within a period of four months by a reasoned and speaking order. Ashwini/- (Sheema Ali Khan, J.)