IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Letters Patent Appeal No.1495 of 2011 In Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 4931 of 2008 With Interlocutory Application No. 7089 of 2011 In Letters Patent Appeal No. 1495 of 2011 ====================================================== Gopal Prasad Gupta, S/o Chandradeo Prasad Gupta, R/o Village + P.O.- Mardwa (West), P.S.- Bihpur, District-Bhagalpur. .... .... Petitioner/Appellant Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. The Secretary, Primary and Adult Education and Human Resources Development Department, Government of Bihar , Patna 3. The District Magistrate, Bhagalpur 4. The Deputy Development Commissioner, Bhagalpur 5. The District Superintendent of Education, Bhagalpur 6. The Block Development Extension Education Officer, Bihpur, District- Bhagalpur 7. The Block Development Officer, Bihpur, District- Bhagalpur 8. The Mukhiya, Gram Panchayat, Mardwa, District- Bhagalpur 9. The Gram Panchayat Secretary, Mardwa, Block- Bihpur, District- Bhagalpur .... .... Respondents/Respondents ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant/s : Mr. Rajendra Prasad, Sr. Advocate. Mr. Pramod Kumar Mr. Ritesh Kumar, Advocates. For the Respondent/s : Mr. Amrendra Kumar, A.G. to G.P.8 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BIRENDRA PRASAD VERMA ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE) 3 14-11-2011 Re. Interlocutory Application No. 7089 of 2011: The delay of 16 days occurred in filing the Letters Patna High Court LPA No.1495 of 2011 (3) dt.14-11-2011 2 / 2 2 Patent Appeal is condoned. Interlocutory application stands disposed of. Re. Letters Patent Appeal No. 1495 of 2011: Feeling aggrieved by the judgment and order dated 14th July 2011, passed by the learned single Judge in above CWJC No. 4931 of 2008, the writ petitioner has preferred the present Appeal under Clause 10 of the Letters Patent. The matter at dispute is non-renewal of the appointment of the appellant as Shiksha Mitra after completion of the contractual period of 11 months in April, 2006. Effective from 1st July 2006, the post of Shiksha Mitra has been abolished under Rule 20(iii) of the Bihar Panchayat Elementary Teachers (Employment and Service Conditions) Rules, 2006. In view of our judgment in the matter of Smt. Renu Kumari Pandey Vs. The State of Bihar & Ors. [2011(4) PLJR 297], the claim of the appellant is not sustainable. Appeal is dismissed in limine. Sujit/- (R.M. Doshit, CJ) (Birendra Prasad Verma, J)