IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA LPA No.1368 of 2001 Ramesh Chaudhary, S/O late Gangadhar Chaudhary, resident of village Basauna, P.O. Basauna, P.S. Bangaon, District- Saharsa. Versus 1. The State of Bihar, through its Chief Secretary, Old Secretariat, Patna. 2. The Commissioner-cum-Secretary to Govt. in the Public Health Engineering Department, Bisheshwaraiya Bhawan, Patna. 3. The Joint Secretary to Govt. in the Public Health Engineering Department, Bisheshwaraiya Bhawan, Patna. 4. The Chief Engineer (Civil) Public Health Engineering Department Bisheshwaraiya Bhawan, Patna. 5. The Superintending Engineer, Public Health Engineering Circle, Saharsa. 6. The Executive Engineer, Public Health Engineering Division, Saharsa. ----------- For the Appellant:- Mr. Chandrashekhar, Senior Advocate, Mr. Lalan Kumar Singh, Advocate. For the Respondents:- S.C. 3. ----------------- 7. 04.07.2011 The controversy raised in the writ petition is squarely covered by a Division Bench Judgment in the case of Ram Tapeshwar Sah & Ors. Vs. State of Bihar & Ors. reported in 2006 (3) P.L.J.R. 376 which was not brought in the knowledge of the learned Single Judge. Therefore, appeal is allowed and the State Government is directed to consider the application of the petitioner for his reinstatement in the light of the law laid down by the Division Bench (Supra). The petitioner shall make a representation for his reinstatement with consequential benefit 2 along with a certified copy of this order and a copy of the Division Bench order and the Government shall pass order within a period of one month from the date of receipt of representation of the petitioner. The petition is disposed off. Anand Kr. ( Prakash Chandra Verma, J.) (Ahsanuddin Amanullah, J.)