IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.1881 of 2005 HARI MOHAN PRASAD SINGH SON OF LATE ADAN PRASAD SINGH RETIRED PESHKAR RESIDENT OF VILLAGE DAYALPUR, P.S. SADAR MUZAFFARPUR, DISTRICT MUZAFFARPUR. Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 3 20/08/2010 Petitioner has challenged annexure-2. By virtue of this annexure the respondents have granted monetary benefit to the petitioner under increment head with effect from 19.04.1998 since he had passed Hindi Noting and Drafting Examination from such a date. The order indicates that only notional benefit would be given to the petitioner for the past service which the petitioner has challenged in the present writ application. Prima facie, benefit of increment can accrue to an employee provided he does pass Hindi Noting and Drafting Examination. The respondents have given him benefit form the date, he passed the examination. He is not entitled to increment in terms of monetary benefit prior to the said date. In this regard the ratio decided in the case of Daya Shankar Singh Vs. State of Bihar & Others reported in 2010(3) PLJR, 220 is an authority. The Court does not find any infirmity in this - 2 - decision. This writ application is thus dismissed. AMIN/ (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.)