IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.7637 of 1996 1. Satrughan Singh, Son of Sri Ramphal Singh, resident of Village-Sonas, P.S.-Khijarsarai, P.O.-Nadra, District-Gaya. 2. Kameshwar Singh, Son of Late Devi Dayal Singh, resident of Village- Deoria, P.S.-Deoria, District-Saran. –Petitioners. VERSUS 1. The State of Bihar. 2. The Secretary, Department of Science & Technology, Government of Bihar, New Secretariat, Patna. 3. The Additional Secretary, Department of Science & Technology, Government of Bihar, New Secretariat, Patna. 4. The District Magistrate, Gaya. 5. The Principal, Magadh Engineering College, Gaya. –Respondents. ----------- 09 19.05.2011 By this writ petition, the petitioners have sought quashing of the notification dated 31.01.1991 issued under Memo No.323, as contained in Annexure-1, by which the services of the petitioners were terminated. A reference to Annexure-1 would show that the services have been terminated on the ground that they do not satisfy the eligibility criteria as laid down by All India Technical Education Board. It has been brought to the notice of this Court that similar issue was decided by another single Judge of this Court in C.W.J.C. No.10788 of 2003 and analogous cases decided on 30.11.2010. In that case, it was clearly held that where the persons who were earlier in the Private Engineering Colleges did not meet the eligibility criteria as per the All India Technical Education Board, they could not be absorbed and retained in service, which decision was upheld in the said decision. I have no reason to disagree. In that view of the matter, this writ petition lacks merit and is dismissed accordingly. Trivedi/ (Navaniti Prasad Singh, J.)