IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA LPA No.556 of 2009 ***** 1. Sukhdeo Paswan S/o Late Banwari Paswan, resident of Village Dangi, P.S. Kishanganj, District-Kishanganj. 2. Santosh Sarkar, S/o Late Sagen Sarkar, resident of Mohalla- Ruidhasa, P.S. Kishanganj, District-Kishanganj. 3. Ranjit Kumar Das, S/o Late D.N.Das, resident of village- Ruidhasa, P.S. Kishanganj, District-Kishanganj. …. …. Petitioners-Appellants Versus 1. National Sericulture Project, Central Silk Board, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India, United Mansions, 2nd Floor, 30 M.G. Road, Bangalore- 560001 through Member Secretary. 2. Assistant Director, Project Area Incharge National Sericulture Project, Central Silk Board, Bheria Dangi near Block Office, Kishanganj (Bihar). 3. Vijay Prasad Sah. 4. Suphal Tudu. 5. Rajesh Kumar Gupta. 6. Noni Gopal Sarkar. 7. Gautam Hare- through Director, Silkwarm, Kishanganj (Bihar). …. …. Respondents-Respondents ----------- For the Appellants : Mr. Raj Kumar, Advocate For Respdt. No.1 and 2: Mr. Pankaj Kumar Sinha, Advocate Mr. Diwakar Sinha, Advocate ----------- 6. 12.3.2010. Though this letters patent appeal was listed ‘for orders’, we thought it apt to address ourselves on the merits of the case. In this intra-court appeal the assail is to the order dated 18.11.2008 passed by the learned Single Judge in C.W.J.C. No. 3861 of 2000, whereby the learned Single - 2 - Judge has declined to accede to the prayer made for regularization of the petitioners on the ground that they were appointed as casual labourers under the scheme framed by Central Silk Board, namely, National Sericulture Project and after closure of the scheme their services were dispensed with on 31.12.1996. In our considered opinion, the appellants did not have a ripened right to claim any kind of regularization as they wre appointed under the scheme and the death knell was to be struck after the period is over. Thus, we find no reason to interfere with the order of the learned Single Judge, and, accordingly, the appeal stands dismissed in limine. Pawan/ (Dipak Misra, CJ) (Mihir Kumar Jha, J)