IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.8068 of 2025 ======================================================

Pradeep Kumar @ Pradeep Kumar Paswan ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar & Ors.

... ... Respondent/s ======================================================

Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Sanjeev Ranjan, Adv.

Ms. Aastha Ananya, Adv.

For the Respondent/s : Mr. Dhurjati Kumar Prasad, GP-14 ======================================================

CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER

2 12-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the respondents-State.

2. In the present writ application the petitioner has prayed for the grant of following reliefs:

“(i) For a writ in the nature mandamus commanding the respondent to shift the date of promotion of the petitioner in the rank of Inspector from 12.08.2016 to 23.01.2014 as the ground for withholding the promotion on account of punishment awarded in the disciplinary proceeding, no longer exist and survive as the same has been quashed and thus, the petitioner is entitled for promotion with effect from the date his juniors have been promoted and gra