IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.11272 of 2002 DEVENDRA KUMAR Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 5/ 19/03/2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner was an applicant for the post of Constable under advertisement No.1 of 1998. Clause- 18 of the advertisement stipulated that any candidate having any grievance with regard to the measurement of his height by the authorities was required to submit his objections within three days to the concerned Range D.I.G. It appears that considering the large number of writ applications coming to this Court arising out of the said advertisement a Bench of this Court in C.W.J.C. No.12842/2000 and analogous cases on 12.12.2000 ordered the Director General of Police to issue a general direction as a matter of uniform State policy to publish news paper advertisement specifying a time limit for giving of such representations/objections. This was so published on 4.2.2001 requiring the applicants to submit their written objections within 15 days. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits 2 that the petitioner was called for re-measurement after the stipulated period of three days in Clause-18 of the advertisement, but before the newspaper publication dated 4.2.2001. In that view of the matter, any omission on his part to apply under Clause-18 stood remedied when, in fact, he has been re-measured prior to the paper advertisement. There was no occasion for him to submit fresh representation. The petitioner admittedly has not filed any representation within the period stipulated in Clause-18 of the advertisement. He has also not filed any objections within the time stipulated in the newspaper advertisement. The fresh re-measurement done after the period prescribed in Clause-18 on which the claim in the writ application is founded, has no legal sanctity. If this Court were to accept the argument made on behalf of the petitioner that factually he has been re-measured in between the two periods of time, it shall only be permitting favouritism or nepotism which this Court is not inclined to permit. There is no merit in this writ application. It is accordingly dismissed. KC ( Navin Sinha, J.)