IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA LPA No.390 of 2009 KRISHNA PRASAD son of Late Gulab Chand Rai resident of village Rajpura, P.S. Fatwah, District Patna. Versus 1. The State of Bihar through its Secretary-cum- Commissioner, Industries Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 2. The Deputy Secretary, Industries Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Managing Director, Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority, 6-7th Floor, Indira Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna. 4. The Collector, Patna. 5. The District Land Acquisition Officer, Patna 6. The Union of India, through the Secretary, Department of Industrial Development, New Delhi. 7. The Secretary-cum-Commissioner, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Govt. of India, New Delhi. 8. The General Manager, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd., East Bharat Bhawan, Kolkatta. 9. The Regional Manager, L.P.G. (East), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. Kolkata. 10. The Regional Manager, L.P.G. (East), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd., Exhibition Road, Patna. ----------- For the Petitioner : Mr. Hirday Prasad Singh. For Respondent no. 3 : Mr. Lalit Kishore, Sr. Advocate & Mrs. Binita Singh For the State : Mr. Lalit Kishore, AAG III ------ 5 07/07/2009 Heard learned counsel for the appellant-writ petitioner and learned counsel for the respondents. The writ petition was filed in the year 2009 claiming right of appointment in a bottling plant proposed to be established by Bharat Petroleum Corporation on the ground that the petitioner’s land was acquired by the Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority in the year 1973-74. The writ Court has declined to direct for appointment of the petitioner after noticing that his land was acquired long back and right - 2 - of appointment on the ground of displacement was being claimed after 35 years. We are in agreement with the views of the writ Court. This Letters Patent Appeal is, thus, dismissed. (Shiva Kirti Singh, ACJ.) (Anjana Prakash, J.) AMIN