IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.4643 of 2007 BRAHMDEO PRASAD MANJHI Versus THE UNION OF INDIA & ORS ----------- For the petitioner: Mr. Rajiv Kumar Verma, Senior Advocate Mr. Rajneesh,Advocate For the Railways: Mr. Anil Kumar Sinha,Advocate --- 3. 23.12.2008 Heard learned counsel for the parties. The petitioner has come to this Court for setting aside an office order dated 5.2.2007 issued by the Chief Works Manager, Workshop , Jamalpur ( respondent No.5), by which the office bearer of the All India S.C./S.T. Railway Employees Association Workshop, Jamalpur has been directed to vacate Railway quarter No. 237/EF at Gate No.6, Loco Colony and handover the same to Sri Chandsi Paswan ( Respondent No.8) and for further directions to respondent Nos. 2 to 5 to consider and declare the petitioner to be the nominated Executive Member of the All India S.C./S.T. Association Workshop, Jamalpur. In the counter affidavit filed on behalf of the respondent Eastern Railway the stand taken is that the dispute sought to be raised by the petitioner in the garb of vacating the Railway quarter is really an internal dispute between two groups of employees within the Association with respect to the election of the office bearers of the Association and the said dispute being private in nature ought not to be permitted to be raised in a writ petition. For the said reasons, it is stated that the writ petition itself is not maintainable. On a consideration of the entire facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is in agreement with the submission of learned 2 counsel for the Railways. The dispute in the present matter does not at all appear to be in relation to the performance of any statutory or governmental function by any authority and is purely relating to inter se election dispute between the Members of the Association, which can be properly resolved by the Central Executive Committee of the said Association. In the above circumstances, this writ application is dismissed as not maintainable. It is open to the petitioner to approach any appropriate authority in accordance with law in relation to the dispute. VPS ( Ramesh Kumar Datta,J.)