IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION CASE No. 4690 of 2010 IN LETTERS PATENT APPEAL NO. 1644 of 2009 IN CIVIL WRIT JURISDICTION CASE NO. 14047 of 2009 ====================================================== Rabindra Jha, S/o Late Gunanand Jha, R/o Village- Barail, P.O.-Teghara Via Khutauna, P.S.-Babubarhi, District-Madhubani. …….Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. Sri Ajay Nayak, the Principal Secretary, Water Resources Department, Government of Bikhar, patna. 3. Mr. Binod Narayan Jha, the Joint Secretary, Government of Bihar, Water Resources Department, Patna. 4. Mr. Bharat Jha, the Deputy Secretary, Government of Bihar, Water Resources Department, Patna. ……….. Opposite Parties. ====================================================== APPEARANCE : For the Petitioner: Mr. Satish Chandra Jha, Advocate. For the Respondents: Mr. Subhash Prasad Singh, G.A.-7 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE And HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JYOTI SARAN ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE) 5. 18.04.2011 This application under Article 215 of the Constitution and under Sections 11 and 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act is filed by the appellant in above Letters Patent Appeal No. 1644 of 2009. According to the applicant, the respondent State of Bihar has failed to comply with our directions issued on 20th September 2010 in above Letters Patent Appeal No. 1644 of 2009. The application is contested. A counter affidavit has been made. It appears that against our order dated 20th September 2010 the State of Bihar has preferred an appeal before the 2 Hon’ble Supreme Court. The Appeal has been entertained. Our order dated 20th September 2010 has been stayed under its order dated 6th April 2011. In view of the stay order made by the Hon’ble Supreme Court, the present application filed under Article 215 of the Constitution and under the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 does not survive. The application is rejected. Sujit (R.M.Doshit,CJ.) (Jyoti Saran,J.)