IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA LPA No.162 of 2008 ---- Gopal Prasad S/o Late Umeshwar Prasad, resident of Mohalla Mahatma Gandhi Nagar, Kankarbagh, P.S. Kankarbagh, District- Patna, Clerk, New Gardiner Road, Patna through Civil Surgeon-cum Chief Medical Officer, Patna …..Respondent No.8/ Appellant Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Health Medical Education and Family Welfare Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 3. Director-in-Chief, Health Services, Bihar, Patna 4. State Drug Controller, Bihar, Patna, New Secretariat, Patna 5. Civil Surgeon-cum-Chief Medical Officer, Patna, District-Patna 6. Inspector of Drugs (Wholesale) Campus of Civil Surgeon-cum- Chief Medical Officer, Patna 7. Inspector of Drug, (Retail) Campus of Civil Surgeon-cum-Chief Medical Officer, Patna ….. Respondents/ Respondents. 8. Ashok Kumar Anal S/o Laxmi Prasad, resident of Mohalla- Khalasi Tola, P.O. Gulzarbagh, P.S.-Alamganj, District-Patna 9. Vijay Kumar Singh son of Sri Yamuna Singh, residing at Mohalla-Nalapar, Near Masjid, P.O.- Begumpur, P.S.-Chowk, District –Patna …. Petitioners- Respondents ----------- For the appellant : Mr. Abhinay Raj, Advocate Mr. Pramod Kumar Sinha No.1, Advocate For the respondent : Mrs. Nilu Agrawal, Government Advocate-X Nos. 1 to 7 Mrs. Nirmala Kumari, Junior counsel to Government Advocate-X For the respondent : Mr. Gyanand Roy, Advocate Nos. 8 & 9 -------- P R E S E N T Hon'ble the Chief Justice & Hon'ble Mr. Justice Kishore K. Mandal ----- - 2 - Dated, the 30th September, 2008 We heard Mr. D.K.Sinha, senior counsel for the appellant. 2. In our considered view, in view of the amendment in the Rules of Business with effect from 20th March, 2007 and the office order dated 21st June, 2007, the consideration of the matter by the single judge cannot be said to be legally flawed. From Annexure-6, annexed with the writ petition, it is clearly seen that the State Drug Controller, Bihar, Patna, has been empowered to transfer Class III and Class IV employees. 3. The appeal does not deserve to be admitted. It is dismissed in limine. R. M. Lodha, CJ Kishore K. Mandal, J. Sunil