IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.9089 of 1992 GANESH CHAUDHARY & ORS Versus STATE & ORS ----------- 3 29.7.2008 There are 24 writ petitioners who have filed this case asking this Court to issue a writ/direction to the respondents to grant the petitioners Graduate Trained Scale. It is the claim of the petitioners that they belong to the reserved category and have acquired the qualification required to be granted Graduate Trained Scale as a teacher and in some cases also to be promoted as Headmaster of different schools. Similar matters were heard by this Court vide C.W.J.C. No. 3475 of 1988, 6594 of 1988 and 1239 of 1991. The writ application were disposed of by a judgment delivered on 8th April, 1993. This Court after discussing the points raised in the writ application directed as follows:- “We hope and trust keeping in view of the fact that the petitioners have been working for a long time, the State and/or the respective District Education Establishment Committee shall take all possible steps to pass necessary orders with regard to the promotion of the petitioners along with all other eligible candidates to the next higher scales, if the posts are vacant, as early as possible preferably within a period of two months on receipt/production of a copy of the order”. The petitioners are accordingly directed to file representation and the State authorities in the Education Department 2 specifically the District Education Establishment Committee of the Division under which the petitioners are or were working as an Assistant Teacher, the Committee shall take a decision within a period of two months on receipt or production of this order. The petitioner is at liberty to produce the judgment delivered in the connected cases before the concerned committee. The writ application is allowed. Sanjay (Sheema Ali Khan, J.)