IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA MJC No.1666 of 2007 1. Anil Kumar Singh , son of Durga Prasad Singh, resident of village-Rakia, P.S. Bihar, District-Saharsa 2. Mole Kumar Singh, son of Guneshwar Singh, resident of village-Rakia, P.S. Bihra, District-Saharsa 3. Subash Prasad Singh, son of Sri Baidnath Prasad Singh, Resident of Rauta, P.S. Sore Bazar, District-Saharsa Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. Sri Jaimangal Singh, Registrar, Co-operative Societies, New Secretariat, Bihar, Patna 3. Sri Rajesh Kumar, District Magistrate, Madhepura cum- Liquidator, Madhepura-Supaul Central Co-operative Bank Ltd., Madhepura 4. Sri Pashupati Paswan, District Co-operative Officer, Saharsa- cum- Assistant Liquidator, Madhepura-Supaul Central Co- operative Bank Ltd., Madhepura ----------- 2. 10.08.2009 In the show cause filed on behalf of the opposite party no.2, the Registrar, Co-operative Societies, it is stated that Madhepura-Supaul Central Co-operative Bank Limited, against which the order under contempt was passed, is now under liquidation and Liquidator has been appointed by the Registrar for liquidating the Bank and therefore, the claim of any employee, will be decided and settled by the Liquidator in accordance with Rule 65(20)(b) of the Bihar Co-operative Societies Rules, 1959 after the finalization of the liquidation process. In the above circumstances, there can be no case for proceeding with the present contempt matter. The contempt application is accordingly dismissed. However, it would be open to the petitioners to raise their claims before the liquidator. S.Pandey (Ramesh Kumar Datta, J.)