IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA LPA No.1454 of 1997 Dr. Bhudeo Singh, Medical Insurance Officer, Employees State Insurance Hospital, at present in the District-Gridih. ...Petitioner- Appellant. Versus 1. State of Bihar. 2. Director, Employees State Insurance Scheme, Bihar, Labour and Employment Department, New Secretariat, Baily Road, Patna. 3.Commissioner, Labour and Employment Department, Govt. of Bihar, New Secretariat, Baily Road, Patna. ...Respondent- Respondents. ----------- 14- 7.7.2009 None appears on behalf of the appellant. Heard Mr. Prahlad Kumar Bhagat, learned Assistant Counsel to Additional Advocate General No.3. This appeal under Clause 10 of the Letters Patent of the High Court of Judicature at Patna has been preferred by the petitioners of C.W.J.C. No.7509 of 1997 (Dr. Bhudeo Singh and others Vs. Director, Employees State Insurance Scheme, Bihar and others), and are aggrieved by the order dated 10.11.1997, whereby the writ petition was dismissed. 2. The writ petitioners pray for a writ of mandamus commanding the respondents to absorb the petitioners in the services of the Medical Service Cadre of the E.S.I. Scheme in the Labour and Employment 2 Department, Government of Bihar with effect from November, 1981, for the further direction to maintain their seniority accordingly, and for consequential benefits by virtue of absorption in the cadre. The writ petitioners had before the learned Single Judge relied on Rule 24 of the Bihar Employees’ State Insurance Medical Service Rules 1981, which has been held to be inapplicable. We entirely agree with the discussion in the impugned order. Furthermore, the judgment of the learned Single Judge was delivered on 10.11.1997, and 12 years have lapsed since then. The position has become firmly entrenched and cannot be upset at this belated stage. 3. This appeal is dismissed. (S K Katriar, J.) (Jyoti Saran, J.) S.K.Pathak/