IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA LPA No.13 of 2009 1. BIHAR STATE FINANCIAL CORPORATION THROUGH ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR, FRASER ROAD, PATNA. 2. BOARD OF DIRECTORS, BIHAR STATE FINANCIAL CORPORATION, FRASER ROAD, PATNA. 3. THE MANAGING DIRECTOR, BIHAR STATE FINANCIAL CORPORATION, FRASER ROAD, PATNA. 4. THEOFFICER ON SPECIAL DUTY (V & G), BIHAR STATE FINANCIAL CORPORATION, FRASER ROAD, PATNA. 5. MANAGER (CO-ORDINATION), BIHAR STATE FINANCIAL CORPORATION, FRASER ROAD, PATNA. 6. MANAGER ( P & A), BIHAR STATE FINANCIAL CORPORATION, FRASER ROAD, PATNA. RESPONDENTS-APPELLANT. Versus JIB DHARI SINGH, SON OF LATE MANTRA DHARI SINGH, EX. DEPUTY MANAGER, BIHAR STATE FINANCIAL CORPORATION AT PRESENT RESIDING AT FLAT NO. C.-105, PUSHPANJALI ENCLAVE, NORTH MANDIRI, P.S. BUDHA COLONY, DISTRICT PATNA. PETITIONER-RESPONDENT. ----------- For the Appellants : Mr. Y.V Giri, Senior Advocate Mr. Raju Giri, Advocate. For the Respondent : None. 2 7/1/2009 Reg. I.A. No. 52 of 2009 This application has been filed for condoning the delay in filing the appeal. Heard. For the reasons stated in the application, delay in filing the appeal is condoned. Application stands allowed. We have heard the appeal on merit. Mr. Y.V. Giri, Senior Advocate appears on behalf of the appellants. It is not in dispute that writ petitioner-respondent 2 herein and one A.K. Sinha was subjected to departmental proceeding, for the same charge. Said A.K. Sinha was awarded the punishment of reprimand. However, the departmental proceeding against the writ petitioner was kept pending and in the meanwhile the Managing Director of the Appellant-Corporation, namely, Bihar State Financial Corporation changed. This change has brought misery for the writ petitioner. The Managing Director inflicted the punishment of removal from service. Writ petitioner questioned the aforesaid punishment by filing the writ application which has given rise to the impugned order. The learned Single Judge taking into account that one person on the same charge has been let off with penalty of reprimand, writ-petitioner for the same charge, ought not to have been removed from service. In the opinion of the learned Single Judge, it amounted to gross discrimination. We do not find any error in the same. Appeal stands dismissed in limine. S.Ali (Chandramauli Kr. Prasad, ACJ.) (Dr. Ravi Ranjan, J.)