IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.5450 of 2007 Amitesh Kumar, Son of Late Nagendra Kumar Prasad, resident of Mohalla- Jakkanpur, Gandhipath, P.S.- Jakkanpur, District- Patna, presently posted as Lower Division Clerk in the office of Finance (Audit) Department, Patna … …. Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. Secretary, Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 3. Finance Commissioner, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 4. Chief Controler of Accounts, Finance (Audit) Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 5. Shri Jhinga Lohar, Controler of Accounts, Finance (Audit) Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna …. …. Respondents ---------------------------------- For the Petitioner :Mr. Satish Chandra Jha-3, Advocate For the State :Mr. Ritesh Kumar, A.C. to AAG-3 02/ 04.11.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. 2. Petitioner was appointed on compassionate ground as Lower Division Clerk under order, bearing Memo No. 520 dated 10.6.2003, Annexure-2 to the writ petition. He has filed this writ petition for a direction to the State- respondents to publish the seniority list of the Lower Division Clerks in the light of the notification of the State Government, bearing No. 6216 dated 29.6.2006, Annexure-8 to the writ petition, as his request to 2 publish such seniority list made under representation referred to in Letter No. 17 dated 5.1.2007, Anneure- 1 to the writ petition has been rejected in the light of the instruction of the Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department contained in Letter No. 2595 dated 12.9.2006. 3. Petitioner having been appointed as Lower Division Clerk, seniority list of the Lower Division Clerks is required to be published in the light of the Bihar Secretariat Clerical Service Rules, 2006 notified under Notification No. 6216 dated 29.6.2006, Annexure-8. 4. From the counter affidavit filed in this writ petition duly affirmed by the Under Secretary of the Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department, it does not appear that such seniority list has been published till the date of the filing of the counter affidavit. 5. In the circumstances, this Court has no option, but to direct the State- respondents to publish the seniority list of the Lower Division Clerks serving in the Secretariat in the light of the Rules notified 3 under notification dated 29.6.2006, Annexure-8, as early as possible, in any case within three months from the date of receipt/ production of a copy of this order before the competent authority, if not already published. 6. The writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of. Arjun/ ( V. N. Sinha, J.)