W.P.No.1071 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.1071 OF 2009 Shailendra s/o Ramrao Garud ..Petitioner Versus The Principal District and Sessions Judge, Beed ..Respondent Mr Hemant Surve, Advocate for petitioner Mr P.M.Shah, Senior Counsel for respondent CORAM : SMT. NISHITA MHATRE AND M.T. JOSHI DATE : 29th April 2011 PER COURT 1. The petitioner’s grievance was that the respondent had not permitted him to retain lien on his post as a Clerk in the office of the Principal District and Sessions Judge, Beed. The petitioner has been appointed in the Irrigation Department, Nasik Region, Nasik on 2.2.2009. By way of an interim order in the present petition, the petitioner was permitted to join the new assignment as directions were issued to provisionally relieve him from his parent department. 2. Undisputedly, the lien which a Government servant can retain on his original post is for a period of one year. With the passage of time the grievance of the petitioner in the present petition does not survive. W.P.No.1071 of 2009 2 3. The issue as to whether the service of the petitioner with the respondent could be clubbed with his service in the new department for the purposes of pension will be considered in the light of the rules applicable. Petition dismissed as infructuous. ( M.T. JOSHI, J. ) ( SMT. NISHITA MHATRE, J. ) (vvr/1071.09wp)