IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.9712 of 2008 1.Saryug Prasad Sah, son of Late Hinsi Sah, resident of village Dabhra, P.S. Tarabari, District- Araria 2.Dinesh Prasad Yadav, son of Sri Shahdeo Yadav, resident of village Pramanand Pur, P.S. Raniganj, District- Araria 3.Brij Mohan Thakur, son of Late Sukdeo Thakur, resident of village Kakurwa, Ward No.21, P.S. Araria, District- Araria 4.Md.Israfil Alam, son of Md.Anwarul Haque, resident of village Koshki, Manikpur, P.S. Araria, District- Araria 5.Md.Khurshid Alam, son of Sk.Khalil, resident of village Dihiya, Kamaldaha, P.S. Araria, District- Araria 6.Md.Sadrul Ansari, son of Gaffur Ansari, resident of village Rampur, Fakirna, P.S. Forbeasganj, District- Araria 7.Tajul Arfin, son of Late Kamruddin, resident of village Dhama, P.S. Raniganj, District- Araria 8.Md.Juber Alam, son of Late Md.Jahangir, resident of village Azadnagar, Ward No.20, P.S. Araria, District- Araria 9.Rajendra Mehtar @ Rajendra Mallik, son of Late Bindi Mallik, resident of Mohalla- Araria, Ward No.7, P.S. Araria, District- Araria 10.Laxmi Paswan, son of Late Sikam Lal Paswan, resident of village Aurahi, P.S. Simraha, District- Araria 11.Md.Ashfaque Alam, son of Sk.Safil, resident of village Dhama, P.S. Raniganj, District- Araria 12.Parma Nand Sharma, son of Dhorhai Sharma, resident of village Maigra, P.S. Kursakanta, District- Araria 13.Jai Prakash Singh, son of Hari Narayan Bishwas, resident of village Kushiyargown, P.S. Araria, District- Araria 14.Manoj Kumar Sinha, son of Sri Anand Mohan Pd.Sinha, resident of Mohalla Chitragupta Nagar, Ward No.21, P.S. Araria, District- Araria 15.Abdul Kadir, son of Md.Illiyas, resident of village Pora, Jalalgarh, P.S. Jalalgarh, District- Purnea 16.Shyam Sunder Paswan, son of Harihar Paswan, resident of Mohalla Kali Bazar, P.S. Araria, District- Araria 17.Md.Jahid Hussain, son of Md.Yahiya, resident of village Gaiyari, P.S. Araria, District- Araria 18.Din Bandhu Singh, son of Sitaram Singh, resident of Mohalla Ashram Road, Ward No.11, P.S. Araria, District- Araria 2 19.Sant Lal Ram, son of Late Chhutharu Ram, resident of village Kamaldaha, P.S. Araria, District- Araria 20.Rehan Alam, son of Md.Raza, resident of village Mahagawan, P.S. Araria, District- Araria 21.Sakir, son of Late Nasir, resident of village Gaiyari Sisona, P.S. Araria, District- Araria 22.Md.Mohiuddin, son of Late Sk.Karu, resident of village Sisona, P.S. Gaiyari, District- Araria 23.Md.Alam, son of Md.Sirajuddin, resident of village Rahmatganj, P.S. Araria, District- Araria ………… Petitioners Versus 1.The State Of Bihar through the Chief Secretary, having his office in Old Secretariat, P.S. Sachivalaya, District- Patna 2.The Commissioner, Purnea Division, Purnea 3.The District Collector and District Magistrate, Araria 4.The Additional Collector, Araria in Super Charge of District Establishment Section Collectorate, Araria 5.The Establishment Deputy Collector, Araria 6.The Office Superintendent Collector, Araria 7.The Commissioner-cum-Secretary, the Administrative and Personnel Reforms Department, Patna having his office at Old Secretariat, P.S. Sachivalaya, District- Patna 8.The Secretary, Board of Revenue, Patna having his office at Old Secretariat, P.S. Sachivalaya, District- Patna 9.The Secretary, Health and Family Welfare Department, having his office at New Secretariat, Patna 10.The Chief Medical Officer-cum-Civil Surgeon, Araria (Purnea). ………… Respondents ----------- 2. 27/07/2011 It is submitted that petitioners’ names were in the earlier panel prepared in the district for appointment on Class IV posts. Some persons were appointed from the said panel but the petitioners were left out. Petitioners do not raise any grievance 3 against appointment of persons from the said panel ignoring them. Only submission made by learned counsel for the petitioners is that the respondents may be directed either to exhaust the said panel or prepare a fresh panel and consider the names of the petitioners for appointment on the available vacancies according to seniority. Learned counsel for the respondents informs this Court that the earlier panel has already lapsed. In the circumstances, this writ application is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to prepare a fresh panel for appointment on vacant Class IV posts according to seniority of the candidates and make appointments from the same in accordance with law, preferably within a period of six months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. Pradeep/ ( J. N. Singh,J.)