IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.2432 of 2001 BIHAR GRIH RAKSHA BAHINI SANGH Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 3. 03.09.2008 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. The relief sought is for a ration allowance to the petitioners who are in Bihar Home Guards as is being granted to the Constables in Bihar Police. It is submitted that the service rules in respect of Constables in Bihar Police and others in Home Guards are common. Therefore, there is no justification to grant ration allowance to those in the Home Guards from the date of issuance of the order, i.e., 24.9.2001 when it has been granted to the Constables of the Bihar Police from 4.4.2000. The impugned order itself states that the issue of grant of benefits of ration allowance to those in Home Guards as being granted in Bihar police was under consideration and after deliberation it was granted. That the Bihar Police and the Home Guards constitute two separate service and the qualification is separate, is not disputed by the counsel for the petitioner. If that be so, there is no justification for the petitioner to demand similarity in treatment only because the same service rules may be common when the procedures for their appointment, nature of duties, pay scale etc. are different. The writ application is dismissed. HR ( Navin Sinha ) - 2 -