YOGENDRA PRASAD SINHA Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE prayer of the petitioner in this application is for direction to the respondents to consider the case of promotion in view of the office: order No. 61, dated 29.12.1999 which has not been given effect till date and further on the ground that junior to the petitioner in gradation list has been given such promotion.

(2.) IT is staled that the petitioner was appointed as 2nd Grade Pump Khalasi in the year 1966 and was thereafter promoted as Pump Driver in the year 1978. It is further stated that gradation list was published vide office No. 309, dated 3.11.1970, wherein the petitioner tats been shown to be at serial No. 97. It is further stated that by issue of Annexure -2, dated 29.12.1999, the Superintendent Engineer, Public Health Engineer. Ranchi Circle. Ranch!, issued promotion order, whereby the petitioner as well as other persons were ordered to be promoted to the post of Electric Fitter, Grade -I.

(3.) INSPITE of several adjournments the state respondent has failed to file counter affidavit and therefore the writ application is being disposed of on the basis of the averments made in the present writ application. The facts which have been stated in the writ application has not been denied or controverted; therefore it would be deemed that the same had been admitted by the respondents.