IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.15701 of 2001 VANPAL SANGH OF Bihar State Forest Development Corporation Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 7. 23.03.2009 Heard leaned Counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel for the Bihar State Forest development Corporation and the learned Counsel for the State of Jharkhand. No one appears on behalf of the State of Bihar. This Court does not consider it necessary at this stage to issue notice to the Jharkhand Forest Development Corporation as the Court is informed that pursuant to the re-organization of the State of Bihar and bifurcation of the Bihar State Forest Development Corporation and that in Jharkhand has not yet been formalized by allocation of cadres and distribution of assets and liabilities. The prayer made in this writ application by the Association of the Bihar State Forest development Corporation is to direct the respondents to consider those Foresters who came to be appointed pursuant to the recommendation of the Bihar Public service Commission for promotion to the post of Ranger Officer. Some of them consequent to such recommendation have been appointed in the Bihar state forest Development Corporation and some under the State. No counter affidavit has been filed on behalf or the State of Bihar or the Bihar State Forest Development Corporation. A counter affidavit has been filed on behalf of the state of Jharkhand. This writ application is therefore disposed with a direction to the State of Bihar in conjunction with the Bihar State Forest Development corporation to consider the issue of promotion from the post of Forester of those appointed on recommendation by the Bihar Public Service Commission, to the post of Range Officer in accordance with law and finalise the same within the maximum period of five months from the date of receipt and/or production of a copy of this order. This Court considers it prudent to grant such reasonable time to the respondents considering that the State of Bihar has not bothered to assist the Court in the matter when the Bihar State Forest Development Corporation has not even considered it necessary to file counter affidavit notwithstanding that the writ petition has remained pending since 2001. The writ application stands disposed off. Snkumar/- (Navin Sinha,J.)