IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.890 of 2006 NARAYAN PRASAD YADAV, son of late Dalil Prasad Yadav, resident of Village – Raghunathpur, P S – Sahaypur Kamal, District – Begusarai. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR. 2. The Secretary, Department of Revenue, Government of Bihar, Main Secretariat, Patna. 3. The Divisional Commissioner, Munger. 4. The Divisional Commissioner, Koshi Pramandal, Saharsa. 5. The Divisional Commissioner, Bhagalpur. 6. The Collector and District Officer, Khagaria. ----------- 02. 1.10.2010 None for the petitioner. There are two basic facts which have emerged in the counter affidavit; one that the claim of the petitioner for promotion is being made at the very belated stage and obviously the writ suffers from certain laches. The other aspect pointed out is that at the relevant time, when the claim of the petitioner for promotion was being considered, there were only five posts of Circle Inspector/Kanungo vacant in the Bhagalpur division and all those posts were reserved for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes on the model roster clearance in this regard. Since petitioner belongs to the general category there is no post vacant for his promotion. Writ in this circumstance is dismissed. rkp ( Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.)