IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.8576 of 2006 1. PARWEJ AHMED KHAN SON OF HASIN AHMED, RESIDENT OF BALUA TAL, P.S. MOTIHARI TOWN, MOTIHARI, PROPRIETOR OF STAR CONSTRUCTION, MOTIHAR. 2. PRADEEP KUMAR SON OF LATE RAJ KISHORE, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE SRI KRISHNA NAGAR, P.S. MOTIHARI TOWN, DISTRICT MOTIHARI, PROPRIETOR OF KISHORE CONSTRUCTION, MOTIHARI. …. PETITIONERS. VERSUS 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH THE SECRETARY, GOVT. OF BIHAR, WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, PATNA. 2. THE SECRETARY, WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, GOVT. OF BIHAR, PATNA. 3. THE JOINT SECRETARY, WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, GOVT. OF BIHAR, PATNA. 4. THE CHIEF ENGINEER, WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, BALMIKI NAGAR, WEST CHAMPARAN. 5. THE SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER, WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, MOTIHARI, EAST CHAMPARAN. 6. THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, CHAMAPRAN DIVISION, WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, MOTIHARI, EAST CHAMPARAN. ……. RESPONDENTS. ----------- For the petitioners : M/s Khursid Alam & Arun Kumar Bhagat, Advocates. For the respondents : Mr. Apurva Kumar, A.C. to S.C. 10. -------- 05/ 10.05.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the respondents. 2. This writ petition has been filed by the petitioners challenging memo no.844 dated 16.05.2006 by which the Joint Secretary (Water Resources Department), Govt. of Bihar, Patna (respondent no.3) directed not to give any work to the persons/agencies against whom proceeding of blacklisting was going on and for other ancillary reliefs regarding payments etc. 3. A counter affidavit and a supplementary counter affidavit have been filed on behalf of respondent no.6 in which it is - 2 - stated that the proceeding of blacklisting against the petitioner is still continuing. It is quite strange that although five years have lapsed, but still such a proceeding is continuing inspite of the fact that no interim order has been passed by this court in the instant writ petition. 4. In the said circumstances, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the concerned respondent-authority to complete the proceeding of blacklisting against the petitioner expeditiously, preferably within a period of three months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. Sunil (S. N. Hussain, J.)