IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.1207 of 2000 HARI NANDAN SINGH & ORS Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 5/ 13/8/2008. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. The prayer in this application is for grant of annual increments on the post of Assistant Engineer consequent to having passed the departmental examination within the time prescribed. Learned counsel for the petitioner yesterday relied upon a judgement of this Court in C.W.J.C. No.9794/99 and analogous cases dated 31.3.2005 to submit that his case was covered by the said decision which has also been affirmed by the Division Bench in L.P.A. No.580/06 by order dated 12.7.2007. The matter was, therefore, adjourned to enable learned counsel for the State to study the judgements as aforesaid, as to whether the issue presently involved was covered thereby. Learned counsel for the State on going through the judgements concerned very fairly concedes that they shall govern the case of the petitioner also. - 2 - In that view of the matter, the present writ application is disposed in like terms of the order dated 31.3.2005 in C.W.J.C. No.9794/99 in view of the categorization made therein at the concluding portion of the judgement. It goes without saying that the respondents shall then be obliged to make available the necessary monetary benefits to the petitioner in terms thereof. KC ( Navin Sinha, J )