IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA LPA No.937 of 2006 Jitendra Kumar Singh, son of Late Brijmohan Singh, resident of village-Gulni Kushaha, P.S.-Shambhuganj, District-Banka. Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. The Commissioner cum Secretary, Water Resources Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 3. The Joint Secretary, Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 4. The Deputy Secretary, Water Resources Department Govt. of Bihar, Patna 5. The Under Secretary, Water Resources Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 6. The Chief Engineer, Water Resources Department, Bhagalpur … Respondents/ Respondents. ----------- For the appellant : Mr.Arjun Prasad, Advocate For the respondents : Mr.S.S.Mishra, Junior Counsel to Government Advocate-V -------- P R E S E N T Hon'ble the Chief Justice & Hon'ble Mr. Justice Kishore K. Mandal ----- Dated, the 30th September, 2008 Mr. Arjun Prasad, Advocate appears and prays for adjournment on behalf of the appellant. Prayer for adjournment is not only unreasonable, but it does not deserve to be accepted in view of our earlier order dated 24th September, 2008, which reads thus: “Mr. Achuta Nand Sinha, counsel for the appellant appears and prays for time. We find that on last three dates, that is, 24th July, 2008, 22nd August, 2008 and 8th September, 2008, the matter got adjourned at the request of the counsel for the appellant. - 2 - 2. Although, the prayer for adjournment is grossly unreasonable, in the interest of justice we keep the matter for 30th September, 2008, making it clear that no further request for adjournment or pass over shall be entertained on that date. 3. Stand over to 30th September, 2008.” 2. We asked Mr. Arjun Prasad, advocate to argue, but he refused to argue. 3. LPA is dismissed for want of prosecution. R. M. Lodha, CJ Kishore K. Mandal, J. Sunil