IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.15335 of 2001 1. Md. Sohrab, Son of late Md. Nasiruddin, resident of Village- Neora, P.S. Bihta, District- Patna. 2..Om Prakash, Son of late Bijay Shankar Prasad, resident of Mohalla Babu Bazar, P.S. Arrah town, Dist. Arrah ............ Petitioners Versus 1. State of Bihar. 2. The District and Sessions Judge, Bhojpur, Arrah. 3. The Registrar, Civil Court, Bhojpur, Arrah. 4. Vikash Prasad, son of not known 5. Hitnarayan Prasad, Son of not known 6. Udai Kumar, Son of not known 7. Bir Bahadur Kour, Son of not known 8. Satendra Pandey, Son of not known 9. Md. Parwej Alam, Son of not known. 10. 10.Munna Kumar Prasad, Son of not known. 11. Ravi Ranjan Kumar, Son of not known. 12. Pankaj Kumar Sinha, Son of not known 13. Girish Kumar Jagadish, Son of not known 14. Rajesh Kumar Srivastava, son of not known 15. Md. Zakir Rahman son of not known 16. Bari Alam, son of not known 17. Sadan Prasad Yadav, Son of not known 18. Sunil Kumar son of not known 19. Md. Alam, Son of not known 20. Arbind Kumar, Son of not known 21. Rajesh Ram, Son of not known 22. Md. Shahnewas Alam, son of not known 23. Pradeep Kumar, son of not known 24. Jitendra Thakur, son of not known 25. Saroj Kumar Kharwar, son of not known 26. Arun Narayan Singh son of not known 27. Sunil Kumar, son of not known 28. Dilip Kumar Singh son of not known 29. Baleshwar Prasad Yadav, son of not known 30. Umesh Prasad Suman, son of not known 31. Rajnikant son of not known 32. Bijendra Singh son of not known 33. Manorma Kumari, son of not known 34. Manoj Pandey, son of not known 35. Ajay Sharan Singh son of not known 36. Mintu Prasad, son of not known 37. Sujeet Kumar son of not known 38. The Patna High Court through its Registrar... Respondents Respondents 4 to 37 all are Class-IVth Staff - 2 - in the Judgeship of Bhojpur at Arrah. For the Petitioners:-Mr. Rajendra Pd. Singh, Sr. Advocate. For the State : Mr. Chandra Shekhar Singh,Advocate For the High Court : 1. Mr. Chitranjan Sinha, Sr. Advocate & 2. Mr. Sanjeet Kr. Advocate For Respondents 4 to 37:-Mr. Manish Kumar & Mr. Parasmani, Advocatesn. ---------- 9 17-10-2008 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, learned counsel for the State and learned counsel for the others respondents including the High Court. On facts it is found that at the time of the advertisement the Old Rules were no longer effective and under the Bihar Civil Courts Staff (Class-III and Class-IV) Rules, 1998 there was no provision for giving preference to candidate peons under the Old Rules. It further appears that the petitioners accepted the advertisement and its terms and applied for consideration along with other candidates and upon being unsuccessful they have preferred this writ petition. On behalf of petitioner no.1 another argument was raised that he is a handicap person and as per Parliamentary Act 1996, 3 % reservation is required to be provided in favaour of handicapped persons. The Rules or the Advertisement did not contain any provisions - 3 - Naresh for reservation in favour of handicapped persons and from the counter-affidavit filed on behalf of the High Court it appears that now steps are being taken for amendments of the Rules providing reservation for the handicapped persons. In the facts of the case I find no merit in this writ petition . It is accordingly dismissed. ( Shiva Kirti Singh,J)