IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.3520 of 2009 Md.Umar Ekbal Versus The State Of Bihar & Ors ----------- For the petitioner: Mr. Ratnakar Jha, Advocate For the State :Mr. R.P. Bharti, SC – XIV --- 2 24-3-2009 This petition as public interest litigation has been filed for a direction to the respondents to take action against respondent no.7 Md. Mustak Alam and terminate his service. According to the petitioner, respondent no.7 was illegally appointed and thereafter removed from the service but still he is alleged to have been kept in service. It is stated that the petitioner is an unemployed youth and has filed this application in a representative capacity of unemployed youth of the District – Araria. For taking action against an individual public employee, a public interest litigation cannot be filed. The nature of dispute raised in the petition appears to be a private litigation. If any illegality, according to the petitioner, has been committed, it would be appropriate that the petitioner should approach the concerned statutory authority, who, after going through - 2 - the entire facts, will pass an appropriate order in accordance with law. Even after passing the order by the statutory authority the petitioner feels aggrieved, he may challenge the same in accordance with law. We are not inclined to entertain this application as public interest litigation and , accordingly, it is dismissed. Neyaz/- (J. B. Koshy, CJ.) (Dr. Ravi Ranjan, J.)