Patna High CourtL.P.A/1318/2005disposed

The State Of Bihar And ORS v. Satyanarayan And ORS

2017-09-05The Chief Justice,Mr. Justice Dr. Anil Kumar Upadhyay2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Letters Patent Appeal No.1318 of 2005 ======================================================

1. The State of Bihar through the Secretary, Water Resources Department, Government of Bihar, Patna.

2. The Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Water Resources Department, Government of Bihar, Patna.

3. The Joint Secretary, Water Resources Department, Government of Bihar, Patna.

... ... Respondents-Appellant/s

Versus

1. Satyanarayan, S/o Late Dagdhu Prasad, resident of Village-Narhi Diara, PS Sahibganj, District- Sahibganj (Jharkhand) ... ... Petitioner-Respondent 1st Set.

2. Sri Devi Rajak S/o Raso Rajak, holding additional charge of Engineer-inChief (North) Water Resources Department, Sinchai Bhawan, Patna.

3. Sri Abid Hussain Quaraishi S/o Md. Abdullah Quaraishi, holding additional charge of Engineer-in-Chief (South) Water Resources Department, Sinchai Bhawan, Patna.

Respondents-Respondents 2nd Set.

====================================================== Appearance :

For the Appellant/s :

Mr. Khurshid Alam, AAG 12 For the Respondent/s :

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR UPADHYAY ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE) 05-09-2017 The inter se dispute of seniority between the parties herein now is only of academic interest as the respondents have attained the age of superannuation and have retired. As far as the legal issue is concerned after the orders were passed in CWJC No.130 of 2005, the legal issue has already been decided by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in LPA No.963 of 2007 on 09.11.2015 in favour of the State Government, and, therefore, now no further indulgence into the matter is called for.

Patna High Court LPA No.1318 of 2005(11) dt.05-09-2017 2/2 In view of the above, the law laid down in LPA No.963 of 2007 shall be made applicable in such cases.

With the aforesaid, the appeal stands disposed of. (Rajendra Menon, CJ) ( Anil Kumar Upadhyay, J) Sunil/- U