S.J. Mukhopadhaya, J. - The writ petition was filed by the petitioner for his appointment to the post of Assistant Engineer (Civil) in the Road Construction/Building Construction Department of the State of Bihar, from the date the persons whose names are appearing below the name of the petitioner in the merit list, have been so appointed.

2. The brief facts of the case are, as follows :

Under the Respondents-State, there are various Works Departments, which include Road Construction/Building Construction, Irrigation, Water Resources (Irrigation) and Public" Health Engineering Departments. The erstwhile Public Works Department within the State of Bihar has been bifurcated into two Departments, namely, Road Construction Department and Building Construction Department. The cadres of Assistant Engineers (Civil) of both the Road Construction Department and Building Construction Department are combined cadre under the control of Road Construction Department. Such posts of Assistant Engineer(Civil) are the posts available in the Bihar Engineering Service Class-II. On the other hand, the posts of Assistant Engineer (Civil) in the Water Resources (Irrigation) Department and Public Hea