PATNA, India, June 18 -- Patna High Court issued the following judgment on June 17:

Since in both the writ petitions, common issues are involved, therefore, both these petitions are being decided by this common order.

2 In both the petitions, all the petitioners herein are claiming their promotion against the post of Additional District Transport Officer (for brevity, ADTO) in terms of the provisions contained in Rule 8 (ii) (b) of the Bihar Transport Service Rules, 2020 (for brevity, the 2020 Rules).

3 Brief facts of the case are that the Bihar Transport (Enforcement) Cadre Rules, 2003 (for brevity, the 2003 Rules) were formulated to govern the Recruitment, Promotion and Service Conditions of Personnel in the Transport (Enforcement) Bra...