IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA --- LPA No.43 of 2009 --- Chandra Mohan Prasad son of late Phulena Prasad, resident of Chohatta Sonar Toli, P.S.- Siwan, District – Siwan ….Petitioner – Appellant Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through the Secretary, Department, Government of Bihar, Patna 2. The District Magistrate, Siwan 3. Siwan Municipality through its Special Officer, Siwan 4. Special Officer, Siwan Municipality, Siwan 5. Dy. Collector (Establishment), Siwan 6. Sri Vijay Shankar Singh, son of not known to the appellant Assistant, Tax Daroga, Nagar Parishad, Siwan 7. Nirbhay Kumar Pandey, son of late Janaardhan pandey, Assistant, Nagar Parishad, Siwan 8. Kishan Lal, son of not known to the appellant, Assistant, Nagar Parishad, Siwan Municipality, Siwan ……….. Respondents ----------- For the appellants: Mr.Gajendra Kumar Jha, Advocate For the respondents: None --- 2 02-02-2009 Writ petitioner – appellant aggrieved by the order dated 20th November, 2008 passed in CWJC. No.2667 of 2001 dismissing the writ application, has preferred this appeal under Clause – 10 of the Letters Patent. Writ petitioner – appellant aggrieved by his non-promotion to a Class – III post preferred the writ application, inter alia, alleging that persons junior to him - 2 - have been promoted and he has been left out. It was contended before the learned Single Judge that writ petitioner possessed qualification for promotion to a Class – III post but the learned Single Judge observed that he had not produced any material to satisfy that he had enhanced his qualification after appointment on a Class – IV post. It has been contended on behalf of the appellant that he had passed Praveshika Examination from Deoghar Vidyapeeth, which is equivalent to the matriculation examination and, thus, he is eligible to be promoted to a Class – III post. Such qualification has been subject matter of decision by a Division Bench of this Court in the case of Ganesh Prasad Srivastav vs. Punjab National Bank through its Chairman & Ors., 2004 (1) PLJR 387, and analogous cases, in which it has been observed that Sahitya Alankar qualification like the present one granted by Hindi Vidyapeeth , Deoghar is in regard to standard of Hindi prescribed in the equivalent Hindi examination and it is not be treated as Bachelor degree awarded by a University or Educational Board etc. of the State. The reasons given in - 3 - the aforesaid case apply in the present case with equal force. In that view of the matter, the qualification possessed by the petitioner does not make him eligible for promotion. Accordingly, we do not find any merit in the appeal. It is dismissed in limine. Neyaz/- C. K. Prasad, ACJ. S. K. Sharma, J.