S. B. Sinha, J.

1. The writ petition is directed against an order dated 1-11-1975 as contaired in Annexure 1 to the writ petition and the impugned portion whereof has been mentioned as Annexure 2 thereto and further for a direction for payment of arrears of salary for the period 30th March, 196 i to 22nd October, 1964 and 17th July,1967 to 21st January, 1971.

2. The facts of the case lie in a very narrow compass.

3. Admittedly the petitioner was senior to various persons named in annexure 1 i. e. Satya Narain Prasad and Hira Lal Tiwari.

4. By an order date the 30th March, 196. the aforementioned Satya Narain prased and another were promoted to the post of Executive Engineer from the post of Assistant Engineer.

5. The petitioner has stated in this application, which facts are not disputed, after the promotion of the aforementioned two persons, the petitioner made a representation claiming promotion in Bihar Engineering Service Class I as admittedly he was senior to them. It is alleged that thereafter the petitioner was posted as Incharge of a Division which are held by Class I Officers of Bihar engineering Service. The petitioner took charge of the Division with effect from