IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA MJC No.642 of 2008 DURGA PRASAD SINGH, S/o Late Dular Chand Mahto, R/o Village- Mahgupur, P.O.-Dharampur, P.S.-Noorsarai, District-Nalanda. ……….Petitioner. Versus 1. The State of Bihar through its Chief Secretary, Shri R.J.M. Pillai, Government of Bihar, Patna. 2. Shri Ashok Kumar Sinha, Commissioner-Cum-Principal Secretary, Water Resources Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. 3. Shri Navin Sinha, Commissioner-cum-Principal Secretary, Department of Finance, Government of Bihar, Patna. 4. Shri Amir Subhani, Principal Secretary, Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. 5. Shri S.N.D., Deputy Secretary, Water Resources Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. 6. Shri Uma Shankar Singh, Engineer-in-Chief, Water Resources Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. 7. Shri Gautam Guha, Accountant General, Bihar, Birchand Patel Path, Patna-1. Respondents/Opp. Parties. ----------- 2/ 10.02.2010 Petitioner has filed this application for initiating proceeding of contempt against opposite parties for non- compliance of the order dated 03.07.2007 passed in C.W.J.C. No. 9243 of 2006. Show cause has been filed on behalf of O.P. No. 4, stating that since the direction was to Water Resources Development Department and not to the Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department, as such, none of the direction was to be complied by him. The counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that as per the direction of this Court the petitioner has been allowed all benefits except the date from which the promotion has been allowed to him is not same w.e.f. which juniors to him had been allowed promotion. As per the direction, the promotion should have been allowed 09.08.1999 2 but, it has been allowed from 09.08.2001. Considering that there is substantial compliance of the direction of this Court. For surviving demands petitioner is at liberty to move before appropriate forum. The proceeding is dropped. Sanjeet/ (Mridula Mishra, J.)