IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.5611 of 2011 Lok Nath Tiwari son of Shri Shiv Murti Tiwari R/o 17, Patliputra Colony, P.S. Patliputra, Dist. Patna. ---Petitioner. Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through Principal Secretary, co-operative Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 2. The Principal Secretary, Co-operative Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 3. Bihar State Housing Co-operative Federation, Lalit Bhawan, Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg, Patna through its Managing Director. 4. The Managing Director, Bihar State Housing Co-operative Federation Lalit Bhawan, Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg, Patna. 5. The Board of Director, Bihar State Housing Co-operative Federation Lalit Bhawan, Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg, Patna 6. The Administrator, Bihar State Housing Co-operative Federation Lalit Bhawan, Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg, Patna 7. The Secretary, Bihar State Housing Co-operative Federation Lalit Bhawan, Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg, Patna ---Respondents. ----------- 03 13.07.2011 Both sides present. Mr. Jha learned counsel for the respondent Bihar State Housing Co-operative Federation places on record counter affidavit on behalf of the respondent nos.3 to 7. Petitioner seeks issuance of appropriate direction/writ for setting aside the order dated 31.01.2011 issued by the Managing Director of Bihar State Housing Co-operative Federation Limited ( for short ‘the Federation’) compulsorily retiring the petitioner w.e.f. 31.01.2011. A stand has been taken by the respondent that the ‘Federation’ is not a State within the meaning of Article 12 of the Constitution of India. Relying on a judgment of this Court rendered in batch of writ petitions being CWJC no. 20735 of 2010 (Abdul Wahid vs. The State of Bihar & Ors.) and analogous matters (Annexure-B) to the counter affidavit, it is submitted that this Court has already held that the respondent Federation 2 is not a State within the meaning of Article 12 of the Constitution of India. This Court, in the light of pleadings on record, more particularly, the ratio laid down in C.W.J.C. No. 20735 of 2010 and analogous matters (Annexure –B) is inclined to hold that the relief prayed for in the application cannot be granted in favour of the petitioner since the respondent Federation is not a ‘State’ and thus amenable to the writ jurisdiction of this Court. The application is dismissed. Sym ( Kishore K. Mandal, J. )