IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.16311 of 2010 1. SHASHI MOHAN SINGH, SON OF LATE NAND LAL SINGH, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE+P.O.- KARSAR, P.S.- NAWA NAGAR, DISTRICT- BUXAR. 2. SANJAY KUMAR SINGH, SON OF SHRI SATYANARAYAN SINGH, R/O- VILLAGE- MAHAVIRGANJ ECAUNI, P.O.- MALAUR, P.S.- CHARPOKHARI, DISTRICT- BHOJPUR AT ARAH. 3. KAMLA RAY, SON OF LATE RADHA ROY, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE- KHANAITH, P.O.+P.S.- PAWNA, DISTT. BHOJPUR AT ARAH :-- PETITIONERS. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY OF ANIMAL HUSBANDARY DEPARTMENT, GOVT. OF BIHAR, PATNA. 3. THE SAHABAD DUGDH UTPADAK SAHYOG SANGH LTD. KATIRA, ARAH, DISTRICT BHOJPUR THROUGH ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR. 4. THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF DUGDH UTPADAK SAHAYOG SANGH LTD., SAHABAD, KATIRA, ARAH, DISTRICT- BHOJPUR :--- RESPONDENTS. ----------- For the petitioners : Mr. Rajendra Prasad Singh, Senior Advocate & M/S Nawal Kishore Singh & Navjot Yeshu, Advocates. For Respondent nos.3&4: Mr. Rajesh Prasad Choudhary, Advocate. ======== 4. 30.09.2010. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. Petitioners have filed this writ petition for a direction to Respondent No. 4 to consider and regularize the services of the petitioners on a suitable post along with all consequential benefits under Respondent No. 3 (the Sahabad Milk Producer’s Co- operative Federation Ltd.) hereinafter referred to as the “Federation”). 3. Counsel for the Federation, however, states that the writ petition, as framed, is not maintainable, as the Federation is not a State within the meaning of 2 Article 12 of the Constitution of India. In support of such submission, learned counsel for the Federation has relied upon the order of the Full Bench of this Court dated 8.9.2009, passed in C.W.J.C.No. 3110 of 2004 (Vidya Bhushan Singh Abhai Vrs. The Bihar State Co-operative Milk Producer’s Federation Ltd. & ors.). 4. In the light of the direction given by the Full Bench of this Court dated 8.9.2009, I dismiss the writ petition with liberty to the petitioners to raise their grievance by filing a petition under Section 48 of the Bihar Co-operative Societies Act, 1935, as has been held in the order of the Hon’ble Single Judge in the case of Bihar Co-operative Bank Employees Union Vrs. Ranchi-Khunti Central Co-operative Bank Limited and others, reported in 2004(4) PLJR 179. P.K.P. (V.N.Sinha,J.)