IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.12054 of 2003 01. Jitendra Tatwa , son of Late Singheshwar Tatwa, resident of village- Belan Bazar, P.S.-Kasim Bazar, District- Munger 02. Shiv Nath Kumar Sah, son of Late Sonelal Sah, resident of village- Mugal Bazar, Durgasthan, P.S.-Kotwali, District- Munger 03. Shahjahan Begum, wife of Late Azimuddin, resident of village- Puraniganj, P.S.- Kasim Bazar, District- Munger ….. Petitioners Versus 01. THE STATE OF BIHAR through the Secretary, Revenue and Land Reforms Department, Government of Bihar, New Secretariat, Patna. 02. The District Magistrate-cum-Collector, Munger at Munger 03. The Deputy Collector (Najarat), Munger Collectorate, Munger …. Respondents. ----------- 03 01.02.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. An advertisement was issued on 11.7.2000 inviting applications for appointment on Class-IV in the Muffasil offices of Munger Collectorate. The final merit panel was published on 29.12.2004. Based on availability of vacancies as per the roster, petitioner no.2 has been appointed, while petitioner nos. 1 and 3 have failed to secure appointment. Learned counsel for the petitioner sought to persuade this Court that the panel of 43 candidates mentioned in the counter affidavit related to the Collectorate only and not to all the Muffasil Offices which shall compute the total vacancies of 200. The supplementary counter affidavit on 2 behalf of the respondents at paragraph-3 is specific and states explicitly the break-up of the vacancies in the office of the District Magistrate, Muffasil Offices to arrive at a total figure of 43. Petitioner has not been able to deny the allegations of lack of vacancies as per roster. The fairness in action on part of the respondents is more apparent from their having granted appointment to petitioner no.2 during the course of the writ petition itself. There is no merit in this application. It is accordingly dismissed with regard to petitioner nos. 1 and 3. P.K. (Navin Sinha, J.)