IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No 8660 of 2009 Hari Bansh Lal, son of late Basudeo Lal, Village – Kharoua, P O – Sirkharia Via Tulapatiganj Bazar, Dist – Madhubani, At Present residing at Tara Bhawan, Gokul Path, Patel Nagar, Patna – 800 023 - Petitioner Versus 1 Bihar State Electricity Board through its Chairman, Vidyut Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna 2 Chairman, Bihar State Electricity Board, Vidyut Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna 3 Secretary, Bihar State Electricity Board, Vidyut Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna 4 Joint Secretary, Bihar State Electricity Board, Vidyut Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna - Respondents *** For the petitioner : M/s Chittaranjan Sinha, Sr Advocate & Mahesh Kumar, Advocate For the Board : Mr Anand Ojha, Advocate *** 2 27.07.2009 On creation of the Bihar State Electricity Board in 1958 as an independent statutory Board, the services of the petitioner, who was in State Government service, Energy Department, were transferred to the Board on 27.03.1958. In 1979, petitioner represented for being appointed as General Manager –cum- Chief Engineer in the Board which was rejected. In 1983, objecting to the provisional seniority list, petitioner again filed a representation for being given his due promotion. The Electricity Board solicited the opinion of the State Government vide their letter dated 02.06.1983. The Personnel Department opined that as the petitioner was found unfit in 1975, on cessation of disqualifying factors, the petitioner’s claim for promotion from 1975 would be liable to be considered afresh by the Selection Committee. - 2 - This was in 1983. The petitioner superannuated in 1985. From 1985, petitioner asserts that he has been representing to the Board for being given his due promotion and ultimately pursuant to one such representation filed in 2006, the Board has rejected his representation on 15.04.2008 and, hence, this writ application has been filed. In substance for a promotion, which was denied in the year 1979, the writ petition is being filed in 2009. In these facts, I am not persuaded to exercise my discretion in the matter of this extraordinary jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. The writ petition is, accordingly, dismissed. M.E.H./ (Navaniti Prasad Singh)