Prabhat Kumar And ANR v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.19542 of 2014 ====================================================== 1.

Prabhat Kumar, Son of Jiweshwar Prasad Singh, resident of village and P.O. Bathua Buzurg, P.S. Musridharari, District- Samastipur. 2.

Braj Kishore, Son of Durga Prasad Sharma, resident of village and P.O. Narma, P.S. Hathauri, District- Muzaffarpur.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar 2.

The Principal Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Government of Bihar, Patna.

3.

The Principal Secretary, General Administration Department, Government of Bihar, Patna.

... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Sanjay Kumar Tiwari, Advocate For the Respondent/s :

Mrs. Archana Meenakshee, GP-6 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR ORAL JUDGMENT (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR) Date : 05-12-2022 Heard Mr. Sanjay Kumar Tiwari, learned counsel for the petitioners and Mrs. Archana Meenakshee, learned GP-6 for the State.

2. The present writ application has been filed seeking quashing of the advertisement published in the daily newspaper "Hindustan' on 1st August, 2014 issued by the Department of Agriculture, Government of Bihar for appointment of Block Technical Manager, Assistant Technical Manager and Accountant and further for a direction to make relaxation of upper age limit up to 65 years, in place of 37 years, in terms of the resolution of the

Patna High Court CWJC No.19542 of 2014 dt.05-12-2022 2/2 Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department, Government of Bihar.

3. At the outset, learned counsel for the State submits that the policy decision taken by the State Government governing the selection process has been upheld by the Coordinate Benches of this Court, the order of which have been brought on record vide Annexure-B Series to the counter affidavit. It is further submitted that the copy of the counter affidavit has been served upon the learned counsel for the petitioners way back on 27.01.2015 itself, but till date no response to the counter affidavit has been filed.

4. Considering the aforesaid facts, the present writ application sans any merit and, accordingly, the same is fit to be dismissed.

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