IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.5749 of 1998 Ramnath Sah, son of late Sahdeo Sah, resident of Village Pathkauli, P.S. Chanpatia, posted as Headmaster, Primary School Rai Barwa, P.S. Lauria, Dist. West Champaran. ------- Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar (through the Commissioner-cum-Secretary), Govt. of Bihar, New Secretariat, Patna. 2. Director, Primary Education, Government of Bihar, New Secretariat Building, Patna. 3. Regional Deputy Director of Education at Muzaffarpur. 4. The District Magistrate-cum-Collector, West Champaran, Bettiah. 5. District Superintendent of Education, West Champaran, Bettiah. ------- Respondents ----------- 11 22.7.2011 Heard Mr. Subodh Kumar Sinha, learned counsel for the petitioner and counsel for the State. The prayer of the writ petitioner in this writ petition is to quash the order dated 4.5.1996 by which the time bound promotion given to the petitioner and other teachers on 3.10.1991 has been cancelled with a direction for also recovery of the excess amount paid to the petitioner. While admitting this writ application, this Court had passed an order on 1.8.2000 relevant portion whereof reads as follows:- “One of the points for consideration in this case is whether the petitioner was allowed monetary benefit of promotion which has been described as appointment in Annexure 9, 2 to the scale of Rs. 296-423/-, which is said to be the I.A. trained scale admissible to an Assistant Teacher of Primary schools. The significance of the point is that if petitioner was allowed the monetary benefit of such promotion he may not be entitled to time bound promotion. There are no clear statement by the either side on this point. Two weeks’ time is allowed to the petitioner to file supplementary affidavit stating relevant facts. Counsel for the State may also take instructions in this regard in the meantime.” The petitioner has however not complied the aforesaid order and has failed to file any supplementary affidavit on the aforesaid point till date. Moreover during the pendency of this writ application a detailed order was also passed by the Director, Primary Education, wherein, this question of grant of time bound promotion to the petitioner was specifically gone in compliance of an earlier order of this Court dated 11.7.1997 in CWJC No. 5525 of 1996, wherein, such claim of the petitioner for time bound promotion had been rejected by an order dated 6.5.1998, holding as follows:- ^^vkosnd ds vH;kosnu ls Li"V gksrk gS fd mudh fu;qfDr eSfV~zd 3 izf'kf{kr osrueku esa fnukad 7-8-63 dks gqbZA fu;qfDr ds le; vkosnd dh ;ksX;rk eSfV~zd izf'kf{kr dh Fkh A vkosnd us o"kZ 1969 esa vkbZ0,0 izf'kf{kr ds led{k ;ksX;rk izkIr dh QyLo:i vkosnd dks vkbZ0,0 izf'kf{kr dk osrueku Lohd`r fd;k x;k A dykUrj esa vkosnd us 1988 esa Lukrd dh ijh{kk ikl dh A Qyr% os Lukrd izf'kf{kr gks x;s A ftyk f'k{kk v/kh{kd] ds Kkikad 4295 fnukad 2-10-91 ds }kjk Jh jke ukFk lkg dks vkbZ0,0 izf'kf{kr osrueku dk f'k{kd gksus ds vk/kkj ij fnukad 1-4-81 ls vkbZ0,0 izf'kf{kr osrueku dks duh; izoj dksfV ds osrueku 785&1210@& :0 esa izFke dkyc) izksUufr nh xbZ A nh xbZ mDr dkyc) izksUufr vfu;fer ,oa fu;e fo:) gksus ds dkj.k ftyk f'k{kk v/kh{kd] ia0 pEikj.k osfr;k ds Kkikad 1078 fnukad 4-5-96 }kjk jn~n dj fn;k x;k gS A vkosnd dk nkok gS fd mUgsa fu;ekuqlkj gh dkyc) izksUufr izkIr gqbZ gS A ftyk f'k{kk v/kh{kd] dk Kkikad 1078 fnukad 4-5-96 fu;ekuqlkj ugha gS vr% mls jn~n fd;k tk; A ;gkWa ;g mYys[kuh; gS fd jkT; ljdkj ds ljdkj ds dfeZ;ksa ds fy, foRr foHkkx ds ladYi la[;k 10770 fnukad 30-12-81 ds }kjk dkyc) izksUufr dks lqfo/kk dk izko/kku fd;k A ;g lqfo/kk mu deZpkfj;ksa dks ns; Fkh ftUgsa fu;qfDr frfFk ds ckn iw.kZ lsok vof/k esa in dks vuqiyC/krk ds dkj.k dksbZ izksUufr izkIr ugha gqbZ Fkh A oSls deZpkfj;ksa ds lsok ds nl ¼10½ o"kksZa ds ckn ,oa iPphl ¼25½ o"kksZa ds ckn dze'k% izFke ,oa f}rh; dkyc) izksUufr nsus dk izko/kku mDr ladYi esa fd;k x;k gS A foRr foHkkx ds ladYi la[;k 10770 fnukad 30-12-81 dks dafMdk&11 ¼11½ ;g Li"V :i ls vafdr fd;k x;k gS fd & ftu deZpkfj;ksa dks ljdkjh lsok esa ;ksxnku ds i'pkr fdlh dkj.k ls mPprj osrueku esa izksUufr] mRdze.k ,oa lafoy;u dk ykHk izkIr gks x;k gS mUgsa dkyc) izksUufr vuqekU; ugha gS A ckn esa osrueku ds lafoy;u ,oa mRdze.k ds ist dks foRr foHkkx ds ladYi la[;k 4245 fnukad 16-7-85 }kjk lekIr dj fn;k x;k A vFkkZr mPprj osrueku izkfIr dh 'kRrZ dks ugha fd;k x;k A dkyc) izksUufr laca/kh foRr foHkkx ds ladYi esa vafdr izko/kku dks /;ku esa fopkj djrs gq, ;g ik;k x;k fd Jh jke ukFk izlkn lkg 4 dks izFke fu;qfDr eSfV~zd izf'kf{kr osrueku esa fnukad 7-8-1963 dks gqbZ Fkh A mUgsa vkbZ0,0 izf'kf{kr dk osrueku dks mPprj osrueku lsok vof/k esa izkIr gqvk vFkkZr viuh lsok vof/k esa ,d izksUufr mUgsa izkIr gks xbZ Fkh A foRr foHkkx ds ladYi ds vuqlkj Jh jke ukFk lkg dks izFke dkyc) izksUufr ds :i esa vkbZ0,0 izf'kf{kr osrueku dh duh; izoj dksfV 785&1210@& :0 ns; ugha Fks A mDr ladYi ds vuqlkj Jh lkg dks 25 o"kksZa dh lsok lekfIr ds mijkUr ek= f}rh; dkyc) izksUufr ns; Fkk ;fn foRr foHkkx dk ladYi la[;k 10770 fnukad 30-12-81 ykxw jgrk A ;gkWa ;g vafdr djuk vko';d gS fd foRr foHkkx dk ladYi la[;k 10770 fnukad 30-12-81 iape osru iquZjhf{kr ds QyLo:i foRr foHkkx ds ladYi la[;k 6022,Q¼2½ fnukad 18-12-89 ykxw fd;s tkus ds dkj.k fujflr gks x;k A ;g Hkh vafdr djuk vko';d gS fd ladYi la[;k 6022,Q0¼2½ fnukad 18-12-89 fnukad 1-2-1986 ds izHkko ls ykxw fd;k A iape osru iqujh{k.k ds QyLo:i jktdh;d`r izkjafHkd fo|ky; ds f'k{kdksa dks izR;sd dksfV esa ojh; osrueku ,oa izoj dksfV dh lqfo/kk iznku dh xbZ Qyr% fnukad 1-1-1986 ds izHkko ls dkyc) izksUufr dh lqfo/kk lekIr dj nh xbZ A ;fn foRr foHkkx dk ladYi la[;k 10770 fnukad 30-12-81 izHkkoh jgrk rc f'k{kd dks fnukad 7-8-88 dks f}rh; dkyc) izksUufr :0 785&1210@& ds osrueku esa vuqekU; gksrk A pwafd dkyc) izksUufr dh lqfo/kk foRr foHkkx ds ladYi 6022 ,Q¼2½ fnukad 18-12-89 }kjk 1- 1-86 ds izHkko ls lekIr gS A vr% f'k{kd dks f}rh; dkyc) izksUufr dk ykHk mDr frfFk dks vuqekU; ugha gSA tgk¡ rd Jh lkg ls duh; f'k{kdksa dks Lukrd izf'kf{kr osrueku Lohd`r djus dk iz'u gS Jh lkg }kjk f'k{kdksa ds uke ds vfrfjDr dksbZ O;kSjk miyC/k ugha djk;k gS A vkosnd ds vuqlkj mUgksaus o"kZ 1988 esa Lukrd dh ijh{kk ikl dh gS A muds nkos ds vuqlkj uke vafdr fd;s x;s O;fDr fu;qfDr frfFk esa muls ckn ds fu;qDr gSaA vkosnd us mu O;fDr;ksa }kjk vkbZ0,0] Lukrd rFkk izf'k{k.k dh ;ksX;rk izkIr djus dk dksbZ fooj.k ugha fn;k gS A laHko gS n'kkZ;s x;s f'k{kd Jh lkg ls iwoZ vkbZ0,0] Lukrd ,oa izf'k{k.k dh ;ksX;rk izkIr dj pqds gksa A ;gk¡ ;g mYys[kuh; gS fd ;ksX;rk ls tqM+s mPprj osrueku ds inksa ij ojh;rk 5 fu/kkZj.k dk vk/kkj muds ;ksX;rk izkfIr dk o"kZ gksrk gS A ek= uke ds vk/kkj ij bl foUnq ij fopkj djuk laHko ugha gS A Åij vafdr rF;ksa ij iw.kZfopkjksijkUr esa bl fu"d"kZ ij igwaprk gw¡ fd Jh jke ukFk lkg dks ftyk f'k{kk v/kh{kd ds Kkikad 4295 fnukad 3-10-1991 ds }kjk nh xbZ izFke dkyc) izksUufr fu;ekuqlkj lgh ugha gS A Jh lkg dk vH;kosnu fu"ikfnr djrs gq, mudk nkok jn~n fd;k tkrk gSA” The aforesaid order dated 6.5.1998 has been assailed separately in I.A. No. 8155 of 2000, wherein, no separate ground has been made barring adopting the same issues as raised in the main writ application. Learned Counsel for the petitioner in course of his submissions has admitted that the petitioner was given the higher pay-scale of the I.A. Trained Teacher with effect from 1.3.1980. The logical outcome of this admitted event would be that the petitioner will not be entitled for grant of any time bound promotion, inasmuch as, such time bound promotion can be given only if a person has not earned promotion against a higher post. As is well known, prior to coming into force of the 1993 promotion Rules for the teachers of primarily which has been given retrospective effect from 1.1.1986, the post of I.A. Trained Teacher and B.A. Trained 6 Teacher was the promotional post of the Matric Trained Teacher and, therefore, the petitioner being promoted in the I.A. Trained Scale of Pay with effect from 1.3.1980 will automatically become disentitled from getting the benefit of any time bound promotion inasmuch as the Government Resolution dated 30.12.1981, introducing the scheme of Time Bound Promotion w.e.f. 1.4.1981 had specifically provided that an employee could be granted first time bound promotion only if he had not been given regular promotion with the consequential higher pay-scale. Therefore, the petitioner on the basis of his being granted promotion in I.A. Trained Scale of Pay with effect from 1.3.1980 could have become entitled for grant of first time bound promotion only with effect from 1.3.1990 but, if in the mean time the Government a subsequent Resolution dated 30.12.1989 while adopting the central pay-scale had done away with the concept of time bound promotion for the teachers of primary schools, Thus the petitioner in isolation could not have been given time bound promotion as has been 7 explained in the detailed order of the Director Primary Education dated 6.5.1998 which infact is a perfectly justified order and would require no interference of this Court. The next submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner as regard to the claim of the petitioner of his being entitled for regular promotion on the ground that his juniors were given such regular promotion, this Court would not go to adjudicate that issue in this writ application inasmuch the same remains confined only to the grant of time bound promotion. If however the petitioner can still demonstrate before the competent authority that he was entitled for grant of regular promotion i.e. promotion in the B.A. Trained Scale of Pay and he would fulfill the required criteria laid down by the Full Bench Judgment in the case of Ram Nath Prasad Singh Vs. The State of Bihar & Ors. reported in 2009(3)PLJR 384, the competent authority namely District Education Establishment Committee will be under obligation to examine the same in the light of his seniority of the petitioner reflected 8 in the revised gradation list and take its final decision for grant of such regular promotion in the B.A. Trained Scale of Pay with effect from the date from which his any alleged junior, still shown to be junior in the revised gradation list, has been given such regular promotion in B.A. trained pay scale. With the aforementioned observations and direction, this application is disposed of. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)