IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.12128 of 2007 1. ADYA SHARMA S/O LATE KISHUN SHARMA R/O VILLAGE – BASOPATI, PS- JOGAPATTI, DISTT- WEST CHAMPARAN, ROLL NO. 3617 OF BAGHA 2. NAVNEET KUMAR VERMA S/O SHRI MURARI SHARAN, R/O VILL/PO- BARIYARWAN PS- CHAUTARWA, DISTT- W, CHAMPARAN, ROLL NO. 1447 OF BAGHA 3. PARSHURAM YADAV S/O SHRI NAGINA YADAV R/O VILL/PO- BARWAT PARASIN PS- MUFFASIL BETTIAH DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN, ROLL NO. 215 OF BETTIAH 4. SUNIL KUMAR YADAV S/O BAIDNATH YADAV R/O VILL/PO- SHIVARARJPUR, PS- NAUTAN DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN, ROLL NO. 2747 OF BETTIAH 5. PRAMOD KUMAR VERMA S/O SHRI SHAMBHU SHARAN PRASAD R/O VILL/PO- GOPALPUR VAI- SIKTA, DISTT. W. CHAMPARAN, ROLL NO. 1265 OF BAGHA 6. AJAY KUMAR TIWARI S/O SHRI RAJESHWAR TIWARI R/O VILL- JOGIA TOAL PO- TURHA PATTI, PS- CHANPATIYA, DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 5520 OF BETTIAH 7. ASHOK YADAV S/O SHRI PARAS YADAV R/O VILL- CHHAWANI PO- BETTIAH, PS- MANUAPOOL, DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN, ROLL NO. 10326 OF BAGAHA. 8. RAJESH KUMAR TIWARY S/O SHRI RAJEDENDRA TIWARIR/O TINLULFEEN CHAUK NEAR GURUDWARA, PO & PS- TOWN BETTIAH, ROLL NO. 1489 OF BETTIAH 9. PRAMOD KUMAR S/O SHRI SATYANARAYAN PRASAD R/O VILL- DHOOM NAGAR, PO-DHOOM NAGAR, PS- NAUTAN, DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN, ROLL NO. 822 OF BETTIAH. 10. ASHOK KUMAR SHARMA S/O LAL BAHADUR SHARMA, R/O VILLAGE – GARAVUWA THAKURIA TOLA PO- TURHA PATTI, PS- SIRISIYA CHANPATIYA ,DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 3143 BETTIAH. 11. KANHAIYA KUMAR SINGH S/O KRIPA NARAYAN SINGH R/O VILLAGE- LACHHNAUTTA PO- DHAMAURA, PS- SATHI, DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 242 OF BETTIAH 12. USMAN MAIN S/O LATE ALISHAN MAIN R/O VILL./PO- MAHANAGANI PS- MUFFASIL BETTIAH DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN, ROLL NO. 14505 OF BETTIAH 13. MD. IMRAN S/O MD. AMIR, R/O VILL-KHADDA MUSAHI PO- KHADDA KUNJLAHI PS- NAUTAN, DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN, ROLL NO. 1154 OF BAGHA. 14. ASGAR ANSARI S/O SHRI ISHAQUE ANSARI, R/O VILL- BANSHAPATTI, BAKUCHIYA PO- PURAINA, PS- JOGAPATTI SANICHARI, DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN, ROLL NO. 13230 BAGAHA 15. PRAMOD KUMAR SINGH S/O ADAYA SINGH R/O VILL.- BISWAS SIRISIA PO- SIRISIA, PS- CHAMPATIYA SIRISIA OP DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN, ROLL NOI. 8009 OF BETTIAH 16. SUBODH KUMAR VERMA S/O SRI SBAMBHU SHARAN PD. R/O VILL/PO/PS- GOPALPUR, VAI SIKTA DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN, ROLL NO. 1267 OF BAGHA 17. RAMESH PRASAD S/O SHRI MUTHURA PD. R/O VILL/PO- GONAULI PS- BETTIAH DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 474 OF BETTIAH 18. BRIJ BHUSHAN PANDEY S/O SHRI BISHWANATH PANDEY, R/O VILL- BISHWAS PO- SIRISIUA VAI CHUHARI PS- SANICHARI CHANPATIYA DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 9262 OF BETTIAH. 19. SHAMBHU PD. GUPTA S/O SRI RAMCHANDRA SAH R/O VILL-MAHANAGANI PS- MUFFASIL BETTIAH, DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 651 OF BETTIAH - 2 - 20. KEDAR PRASAD YADAV S/O SHRI RAJENDRA PD. YADAV, R/O VILL- HARPUR PO- PRASHAWANI FARM PS- CHAUTARWA DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 3531 OF BAGAHA. 21. AHASHAN GADI S/O LATE SATTI GADI R/O VILL ODARAWA PO- MANIYARI PS- SIKARPUR, DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 635 OF MOTIHARI 22. RAJ KISHOR RAO S/O LATE DAWARIKA RAO R/O VILL – CHANDRAWALL PO- NAVAALPUR PS- YOGAPATTI DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 3520 OF BAGAHA 23. SURESH YADAV S/O SADHU YADAV R/O VILL-/PO- BARIYARWA PS- CHAUTARWA DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 9518 OF BAGHA. 24. RAMESH PD. YADAV S/O SHRI GANGA PD. YADAV R/O VILL HARPUR, PO- PARSHAWANI FARMA PS- CHAUTARWA DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN, ROLL NO.,001 TO 16000 BETWEEN BAGAHA 25. SURESH SHAH S/O SHRI HARIBANSH PD R/O VILL/PO- BARIYWARWA PS- CHAUTARWA DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 1533 OF BETTIAH. 26. RUPESH KUMAR RAO S/O SHRI CHANDRASHEKHAR RAO R/O VILL MAJHARIYA PO- MANPUR MAKRI PS- BATHWARIYA DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 21000 TO 22000 MOTIHARI 27. PRAMOD KUMAR S/O BHIKHARI SHAHR/O VILL ODARWA PO- MANIYARI PS- SIKARPUR DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 3127 OF BETTIAH. 28. SUDERSHAN YADAV S/O SHRI MOHAN YADAV R/O VILL BATHWARIYA PO- CHANDRAWAL RUPWALIYA PS- THATHWARIYA DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 8808 OF BETTIAH 29. RAMAYODHAYA SHAH S/O SHRI BINDA SHAH R/O VILL/PO- MAHANGANI PS- MUFFASIL BETTIAH DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 3233 BAGHA 30. RAM PRASAD GIRI S/O VIDHYANATH GIRI R/O VILL BKATHUHAWAN PO- DUMARAPUR, PS- MANPUR DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 14292 OF BETTIAH 31. SANJAY KUMAR S/O MOHAN RAM R/O VILL FAITHAHPUR, PO/PS- YOGAPATTI DISTT- W.CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 11911 OF MOTIHARI 32. DINBANDHU YADAV S/O SRI RAM BILALSH YADAV R/O VILL-GHANDAUL PO- NAWALPUR PS- YOGAPATTI DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 4432 OF BETTIAH 33. CHANDESHWAR RAM S/O BHARAT RAM, R/O VILL SATIVIDWA PO./PS- MAJHAULIA DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 1278 OF BETTIAH 34. PRABHAT RAM S/O SHRI LAL BAHADUR RAM R/O VILL BHANACHAK PS- MAJHAULIYA DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 800 OF BETTIAH 35. GUDIA RANI W/O SHRI PRABHAT RAM R/O VILL- BHANACHAK PO/PS- MAJHAULIAY DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 798 OF BETTIAH 36. UPENDRA RAM S/O SRI JAI PRAKASH RAM R/O VILL-/PO DHOOMNAGAR KACHAHRI TOLA BAILBAGH, BETTIAH PS- NAUTAN DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 16121 OF BAGHA 37. RAMESHWAR RAM S/O DHUKH HAARAN RAM R/O VILL-/PO SISWA BAIRAGI PS- YOGAPATTI DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 3575 OF BETTIAH 38. NIRAJ KUMAR S/O SHRI LAXHMI RAM R/O VILL TINWALIA PO- SIRISIA PS- SANICHARI CHANPATIYA DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 6472 OF MOTIHARI 39. DHANANJAY TIWARI S/O RAJENDRA NATH TIWARI R/O VILL- YOGIYA TOLA PO- TURAHAPATTI PS- SANICHARI CHANPATIYA DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 9279 OF BETTIAH - 3 - 40. RAMRATAN MAHTO S/O DHANPAT MAHTO R/O VILL- HARDIYA PO-BARWAT SENA PS- BETTIAH MUFFASIL DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 6822 OF BETTIAH 41. BIRENDRA HAZARA S/O RANGLAL HAZARA R/O VILL GOPALPUR PO./PS- GOPALPUR DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 11686 OF BETTIAH 42. RAJU KUMAR S/O SHRI RAMESHWAR PD. R/O VILL/PO- SAN SARIYA PS- MUFFASIL BETTIAH, DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 2500 BETWEEN BETTIAH 43. SATYADEV HAZRA S/O SRI SHIVRATAN HAZRA R/O VILL/PO-CHAILABHAN PS- MAJHAULIYA DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 1481 FROM BETTIAH 44. ANIRUDH SHAR4MA S/O BALDEVO SHARMA R/O VILL-KHADA MUSAHI PO- KHADA KUNJALAHI PS- NAUTAN DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 6505 OF BAGHA 45. ANIL KUMAR PASWAN S/O SRI SAUDAGAR HAZARA R/O VILL- MANGALPUR KALA PS- MANGALPUR GUDARIYA PS- NAUTAN DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 14561 OF BAGAHA 46. SUNIL ANAND S/O SRI GOPAL SAH R/O VILL- SAN SARAIYA PO-SAN SARAIYA KADAMUA TOLA PS- MUFFASIL BETTIAH DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 4202 OF BETTIAH 47. MANOJ KR. TIWARI S/O SHRI RAJENDRA TIWARI R/O VILL/PO- SHIVRAJPUR PS- NAUTAN DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 14766 OF BAGHA 48. RAGHAV PRASAD S/O SRI RAM PD. MAHTO R/O VILL MOTIPUR PO- TURHAPATTI, PS- SIRISIA OP, CHANPATIYA DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 646 OF BETTIAH 49. BHOLA MAHTO S/O SRI RAM BALAK MAHTO R/O VILL/PO- MUNIWA TOLA PURAINA, GOSHAI, PS- CHANPATIYA DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 18315 50. SADHU PD. YADAV S/O SRI PRITHVI YADAV R/O VILL HARPUR PO- PRASAWANI FARM PS- CHAUTARAWA DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 6676 OF BAGHA 51. RANJAN SHAH S/O SRI SHANKAR SHAH R/O VILL- BIJBARIYA PS- SANICHARI CHANPATIYA DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 3254 OF BETTIAH 52. KANAIHIYA PD. JUSHWAHA S/O SRI AWADH MAHTO R/O VILL/PO/PS- GOPALPURDISTT- W. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 11683 OF BETTIAH 53. JANARDHAN MISHRA S/O LATE ALKHNARAYAN MISHRA R/O VILL BIRTI TOLA FULIYAKHAN PO- BATHNA PS- BAIRIYA DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 13062 OF BETTIAH 54. PUNDEV BAAITHA S/O GAGAN BAITHA R/O VILL/PO/PS- GOPALPUR DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 11684 OF BETTIAH 55. UMESH PD. CHAURASHIYA S/O SRI KISHUN PD. R/O VILLMUSHARI PO- CHAMPAPUR PS- RAMGADHWA, DISTT. E. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 2982 OF BAGHA 56. RAJKESHWAR THAKUR S/O NAGENDRA THAKUR R/O VILL SARASWA PO- DUKHI GHAPRA PS- GOPALPUR DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 14000 TO 15000 BETWEEN BETTIAH 57. RAJAN KUMAR DATT DWIVEDI S/O SRI CHANDRA MOHAN DATT DWIVEDI R/O VILL/PO-KUJLAHI KHADDA PS- NAUTAN, DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 8171 BETTIAH 58. SUBHASH CHANDRA NISHAD S/O SRI HARI NARAYAN NISHAD R/O VILL NINHAUALIYA PO- MOHANGANI PS- MUFFASIL BETTIAH DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 8076 OF BETTIAH 59. SURESH KUMAR NISHAD S/O SRI HARI MUKHIYA R/O VILL MINHAWALIAY PO- MOHANGANI PS- MUFFASIL BETTIAH. DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 6885 BETTIAH 60. RAVINDRA KUMAR S/O SRI RAM PRASAD R/O VILL MOTIPUR PO- TURAHAPATTI PS- SIRISIA OP CHANPATIYA - 4 - DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 1400 TO 1800 BETWEEN FROM BETTIAH 61. AHASANUL HAQ S/O SHRI S.K. NIBIJAN R/O VILL UTARBAHNI PO- POKHARIYA RAI PS- CHANPATIYA DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 1846 BETTIAH 62. RAGHUNATH RAM S/O LAT BISHUN RAM R/O VILL DHOOMNAGAR PO- MUKALI TOLA PO- KACHAHARI TOLA PS- NAUTAN DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 2538 OF BETTIAH 63. DHUROOP PASWAN S/O SRI LAXHUMAN POASWAN R/O VILL NONOSHATI PO- RAM NAGAR BANKAT PS- MANJHAULIYA DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 3857 OF BETTIAH 64. NAND KISHOR RAIS/O SRI CHANDRA KISHORE YADAV R/O VILL/PO- DHOOM NAGAR KACHAHARI TOLA PS- NAUTAN DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 532 OF BETTIAH 65. MANOJ KUMAR S/O LATE RAMDATT PASWAN R/O VILL PARARIYA PO- MANIYARI PS- SIKARPUR DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 16367 OF BETTIAH 66. MD. RAIYAZUL ANSARI S/O SRI DAROGA MAIN R/O VILL ODARWA PO- MANIYARI PS- SIKARPUR DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 5585 OF BETTIAH 67. ASHOK KUMAR S/O GANESH RAM R/O VILL PACHAMMVA PO- MANIYARI PS- SIKARPUR DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 6507 OF BETTIAH 68. MD. BADDRUZAMA SAH S/O SRI MD. ABDUL SAH R/O VILL ODARWA PO- MANIYARI PS- SIKARPUR DISTT-W. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 570 OF MOTIHARI 69. AJAY KUMAR PD. S/O GHANSHYAM PD R/O VILL- KARMAWA PO- GODA KARMAWA PS- MAJHAWLIAY DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN ROLL NO. 9702 OF BETTIAH----------PETITIONERS Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, BIHAR, POATNA 3. THE DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE CHAMPARAN RANGE, DISTT- WEST CHAMPARAN 4. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, BETTIAH, DISTT- W. CHAMPARAN 5. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE MOTIHARI 6. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, BAGHA DISTT-W.CHAMPARAN-- --------------------------RESPONDENTS ----------- 2 25.6.2010 Heard learned counsel for the parties. There are many a petitioners before this Court who are seeking appointment on the post of constable in the district police especially in the so called Champaran Range. Since they could not be appointed, they approached the High Court earlier in yet another writ application which was CWJC No. 11639 of 2003. Learned Single Judge disposed of the writ application vide order dated 13.1.2006 which is annexure 5 to the writ application. - 5 - Petitioners were given liberty to approach the D.I.G., Champaran Range with availability of unfilled vacancies which may be available and if the vacancies were there then the case of the petitioners would be considered. It may be placed on record that the dispute related to the so called Advertisement No. 1 of 1998 when exercise for recruitment was carried out across the State including Champaran districts. Till date the petitioners have not been appointed because the DIG has passed a categorical order dated 16.8.2006 indicating that there are no vacancies available to be filled up. The total numbers of posts advertised for the entire Champaran range were 618 against which 601 posts were filled up during the recruitment drive. Only 17 posts were available which were meant for Home guards category and that too under various reserved heads. It is this communication contained in annexure-1 which is under challenge in the present writ application. Learned Senior counsel representing the petitioners submits that they have gathered enough evidence to show that there are still vacancies in the district specially the district of Bagaha and Bettiah and the stand taken by DIG with regard to non-availability of the vacancies does not indicate the exact state of affairs. In that view of the matter a direction ought to be given now since some kind of right accrue in favour of these petitioners on the ground that they were being short listed at the - 6 - time of recruitment. The stand of the State which is reflected from the counter affidavit is that there are actually no vacancies to be filled up. The so called evidence gathered by the petitioners does not reflect the actual state of affairs. The final decision with regard to number of vacancies that were available and filled up are available in paragraph-9 of the counter affidavit. Not only this many recruitments have carried out by the State Government since 1998. There are no posts to be filled up at this belated stage which could be readily available to the petitioners for appointment. It is not for the Court to investigate the authenticity of the statement or the figure which has been produced by the petitioners with regard to availability of the posts vis-à-vis the statement made by the State about the non-availability of the post. But one thing which is surely weighing on the mind of the Court is that the appointment relates to the year 1998 and we are already in the year 2010. Many recruitments have already been carried out since 1998 from time to time. It is too far distance in history now to give any direction to dig out vacancies as per the statement of the petitioners and make appointment on the posts of constable. There has to be some time frame within which such prayers can be entertained or ought to be entertained. Twelve years is a long time now for giving any direction for identifying vacancies and offer the same to the present petitioners merely because they happened to make it to a short list of candidates at the time of recruitment in - 7 - the year 1998-99. Even otherwise the petitioners have no right to claim appointment merely because they were short listed candidates at the relevant time. Only short listing does not give any fundamental right for appointment. Appointment is to be made by the State based on many a factors or consideration. This writ application is dismissed as being devoid of merit. RPS (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.)