IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.9705 of 1996 1. RANANJAY SINHA, S/o Late Raghunandan Singh. 2. Subh Narain Singh, S/o Late R.A. Singh. 3. Arjun Singh, S/o Late Ram Gobind Singh. 4. Surendra Bahadur Singh, S/o Late B.B. Singh. 5. Basgit Kumar Singh, S/o Late Dineshwar Singh. 6. J.N. Verma, S/o Late Ramdeo Prasad. 7. K.K. Dwivedi, S/o Late Kamal Kant Dwivedi. 8. R.R. Dubey, S/o Late Thakur Prasad Dubey. 9. Ranjit Singh, S/o Late Jogeshwar Singh. 10.Ramashish Singh, S/o Late B.N. Singh. 11.C.K.N. Singh, S/o Late Ganga Prasad Singh. 12.Daib Da-yal Singh, S/o Late Dr. M.M. Singh. 13.Ram Sekal Singh, S/o Late Yamuna Singh. 14.Munni Singh, S/o Late Beni Singh. All are professors of Jagdam College, Chapra. ------------- Petitioners. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR. 2. Jai Prakash University, Chapra through its Registrar. 3. Vice Chancellor, Jai Prakash University, Chapra. 4. Chancellor, Jai Prakash University, Raj Bhawan, Patna. 5. Dr. (Mrs.) Saroj Verma, husband’s name not known to the petitioners, Reader, Hindi Department, Rajendra College, Chapra. 6. Prof. P. Jha, father’s name not known to the petitioners, English Department, Rajendra College, Chapra. 7. Dr. Yatindra Singh, Father’s name not known to the petitioners, Physics Department, Rajendra College, Chapra. 8. Dr. Bameshwar Singh, Father’s name not known to the petitioners, Political Science Department, Rajendra College, Chapra. 9. Dr. Harihar Bhakta, Father’s name not known to the petitioners, Economics Department, Rajendra College, Chapra. 10.Dr. Nand Kishore Singh, Father’s name not known to the petitioners, History Department, Rajendra College, Chapra. ------------- Respondents. ----------- 3 11.11.2008 This writ application was filed challenging the order by which private respondents were made Head of the Department without considering the case of the petitioners. The present position is that some of the petitioners have retired and one of them is no longer alive and as such it is submitted that the writ application has become 2 infructuous. This writ application is dismissed as such. Sanjay (Sheema Ali Khan, J.)