1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI W.P.(S) No.1481 of 2024 ------ 1. Santosh Kumar Rai, son of Late Vijay Rai, resident of House No.41 C-Road-05, Daiguttu Saw Line, Mango, P.O. & P.S. Mango, Town Jamshedpur, District East Singhbhum. 2. Nandlal Prasad, son of Late Amar Ram, resident of Village & P.O. Kusumhara, P.S. Suryapura, District Rohtas (Bihar). … … Petitioners Versus 1. The State of Jharkhand. 2. The Under Secretary to Government, Water Resources Department, Government of Jharkhand, having its office at Nepal House, Doranda, District Ranchi. 3. Md. Firoz 4. Mr. Jitendra Kumar Vishwakarma 5. Mr. Sujit Kumar 6. Mr. Satyam Kumar Singh 7. Mr. Sunil Swaraj 8. Mr. Manoj Kumar Ojha 9. Mr. Ajit Shankar 10. Md. Kuttubuddin 11. Mr. Sujit Nayak 12. Mr. Raju Kumar Mahto 13. Mr. Sateshwar Mahto … … Respondents ------ CORAM : SRI ANANDA SEN, J ------ For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. Manoj Tandon, Advocate Mr. Siddharth Ranjan, Advocate Mrs. Neha Bhardwaj, Advocate Ms. Ankita Advocate Mr. Karamjit Singh Chhabra, Advocate For the Respondent(s): Mr. Rahul Saboo, GP-II Mr. Atanu Banerjee, Advocate Mr. Suman Kr. Ghosh, Advocate Mr. Vikash Kumar, Advocate ------ 04/ 27.03.2025 Heard learned counsel representing the petitioners and learned counsel representing the respondents. 2. Mr. Manoj Tandon, learned counsel representing the petitioners, submits that juniors to the petitioners have been promoted and the petitioners have been left out. He submits that he has no grievance, if the case of the petitioners is also considered and if they are legally entitled for the promotion, necessary order may be 2 passed. 3. Mr. Rahul Saboo, learned G.P.-II, representing the respondent – State, submits that there is no impediment in considering the case of the petitioners, if at all case of similarly situated person has been considered. He submits that the Authority will pass an appropriate order as per law considering the entitlement of the petitioners also. 4. Considering the said submission, I direct the petitioners to file a representation before respondent No.1 – Principal Secretary, Water Resources Department, Government of Jharkhand, within four weeks from today. 5. If such representation is filed, the respondent No.1 will consider the prayer of the petitioners for promotion to the post of Assistant Engineer. If necessary, the case of the petitioners will be placed before the Committee (if applicable). The Authority will consider as to whether the petitioners are legally entitled or eligible for promotion to the post of Assistant Engineer or not including the fact that juniors who are similarly situated have been promoted or not, and pass an appropriate order to that effect. 6. If the respondents take a decision against the petitioners, the same should also be communicated to them. 7. The entire process should be completed within a period of twelve weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order along with the representation filed by the petitioners. 8. In view of the aforesaid direction, the instant writ petition stands disposed of. (ANANDA SEN, J.) Prashant.Cp-2