CIVIL APPEAL 17787 of 2024 on 30 December 2008

1. Ajitesh Kumar S/o Ramdutt Prasad R/o village Shitla Asthan, Mirchaibari,P.S. and Dist.- Katihar.P.S. and Dist.- Katihar.2.Jamil Akhtar, S/o Md. Lokman, R/o village Kajra Idgah Tola, P.S. Barari,Dist. - Katihar.Dist. - Katihar.

3. Md. Wali Azam, S/o Md. Lokman, R/o village- Kajra Idgah Tola, P.S. -Barari, Dist. - Katihar.Barari, Dist. - Katihar.

4. Ajmal Hussain, S/o Mohammad Safar Ali, R/o village- Islampur, P.S. -Barari, Dist. - Katihar.Barari, Dist. - Katihar.

5. Md. Nayeem Akhtar, S/o Md. Masood Alam, R/o village - Banka, P.S. -Barari, Dist. - Katihar.Barari, Dist. - Katihar.

6. Md. Ashfaque Alam, S/o Abdul Rashid, R/o village - Hariharpur Naya Tola,P.S. - Rautara, Dist. - Katihar.P.S. - Rautara, Dist. - Katihar.

7. Najmul Haque, S/o Md. Afzal Hussain, R/o village Islampur, P.S. Barari,Dist. - Katihar.Dist. - Katihar.

8. Md. Mofique Alam, S/o Md. Afzal Hussain, R/o village Islampur, P.S. -Barari, Dist. - Katihar.Barari, Dist. - Katihar.

9. Hena Tabassum, W/o Saidur Rahman, R/o village Babupur, P.S. Manihari,Dist. - Katihar.Dist. - Katihar.

10. Aftab Alam, S/o Abdul Mannan R/o village- Terasi Simmar Tola, P.S.-Barari, Dist.- Katihar.Barari, Dist.- Katihar.

11. Beby Kumari, W/o Ranjit Kumar, R/o Mohallah - Quarter no. - T-409, B.New Colony Katihar, P.S. and Dist. Katihar.New Colony Katihar, P.S. and Dist. Katihar.

12. Suman Saurabh, S/o Surendra Paswan, R/o village - Gwal Para, P.S. -Rupauli, Dist. - Purnea.Rupauli, Dist. - Purnea.

13. Mukul Saurabh Paswan, S/o Surendra Paswan, R/o village - Gwal Para, P.S.- Rupauli, Dist. - Purnea.- Rupauli, Dist. - Purnea.

14. Vijay Kumar, S/o Suresh Prasad Mandal, R/o village- Gwal Para, P.S. -Rupauli, Dist. - Purnea.Rupauli, Dist. - Purnea.

15. Pushpa Kumari, W/o Chandan Kumar Poddar, R/o village Hawai AddaKishanganj, P.S. and Dist. - Kishanganj.Kishanganj, P.S. and Dist. - Kishanganj.

16. Chandan Poddar, S/o Prakash Poddar, R/o village Hawai Adda Kishanganj,P.S. and Dist. - Kishanganj.P.S. and Dist. - Kishanganj.

17. Chanda Kumari Srivastava, W/o Ravi Sinha, R/o village Hirdayganj Katihar,P.S. and Dist. - Katihar.P.S. and Dist. - Katihar.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus1.The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary Department of HumanResource, Govt. of Bihar, Patna.Resource, Govt. of Bihar, Patna.

2. The Principal Secretary, Department of Human Resource, Govt. of Bihar,Patna.Patna.

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3. The Director, Department of Education, Secondary Education, Govt. ofBihar, Patna.Bihar, Patna.

4. The District Collector, Katihar.

5. The District Education Officer, Katihar, Dist. - Katihar.

6. The District Programme Officer (Establishment), Katihar, Dist. Katihar.7.The Block Development Officer Cum Member Secretary BlockEmployment Unit Block- Azamnagar, Dist.- Katihar.7.The Block Development Officer Cum Member Secretary BlockEmployment Unit Block- Azamnagar, Dist.- Katihar.

8. The Chairman of Block Employment Unit of Block Azamnagar, Dist. -Katihar.Katihar.

9. The Block Education Officer, Azamnagar, Dist. Katihar.

... ... Respondent/s

======================================================Appearance :For the Petitioner/s: Mr. Md. Qumrul HodaFor the Respondent/s: Mr. Rajan Prakash AC to GA-2======================================================

CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMAORAL ORDER

30-01-20251. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned AC to GA-2.

2. The Court finds no merit in the writ application, assuch, is not inclined to entertain the same for reasons to berecorded hereinafter, the petitioners are seeking appointment onthe ground that their names find mention in the final selectionlist prepared on 30.12.2008 for appointment of PrakhandTeachers in Block- Azamnagar, District- Katihar, the merit listwas challenged by some candidates whose name did not figurein the merit list, the said writ application came to be allowed byan order dated 25.07.2011 in CWJC No. 11373 of 2009 againstwhich the State of Bihar filed LPA No. 858 of 2012 and the LPANo. 858 of 2012 was allowed by an order dated 12.09.2014.

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3. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits thatsince the merit list which was published in the year 2008attained finality after LPA No. 858 of 2012 came to be allowed,as such, the authorities be directed to consider the case of thepetitioners for appointment in pursuance of their name figuringin the merit list of the year 2008.

4. The Court is not inclined to accede to the prayer ofthe petitioners for the reason that persons who sleep over theirright, they cannot knock the doors of the Court at their leisure, itabsolutely does not stand to reason that as to why the petitionersafter 2014 never approached this Court for seeking a directionfor consideration of their case for appointment after the orderwas passed in LPA No. 858 of 2012.

5. The writ application is dismissed.

(Satyavrat Verma, J)