IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA MJC No.2048 of 2008 1. The Union of India through the Secretary Board, Ministry of Railway. 2. The Divisional Railway Manager, Eastern Railway, Malda. 3. The Senior Divisional Engineer-II, Eastern Railway, Malda. 4. The Inspector of Works, Eastern Railway, Jamalpur. 5. The Executive Director Civil Engineering (G) Railway Board, New Delhi. 6. The Chief General Engineer, Eastern Railway, Office of the Principal Chief Engineer, Eastern Railway, Kolkatta. --------- Petitioners/Respondents Versus M/S Shiva Construction Indrukh, Halimpur, Jamalpur Munger through its Partner Himanshu Shekhar, Son of Mishri Singh, Resident of Village Indrukh, P.S. Jamalpur, District Munger. ---------- Respondent/Writ Petitioner ----------- 2 31.03.2010 Heard Mr. Anil Kumar Sinha, learned counsel for the petitioners. Despite service of notice of this application on Mr. K.N. Sahai, learned advocate, who had appeared for the opposite party-writ petitioner, no one has appeared to oppose the prayer made in this application. In this application, the only prayer made by the respondent petitioner is that the matters should have been remitted back to the Executive Director Civil Engineering (G) Railway Board, Government of India in place of General Manager, Eastern Railways. Mr. Sinha would submit that in fact the Executive Director only is the competent authority under the rules and regulations of 2 the Indian Railways. Considering the aforementioned aspect of the matter and taking into account that the import of the order of this Court dated 14.5.2008 in no way is going to change by only changing the authority, namely, Executive Director Civil Engineering (G) Railway Board, Government of India in place of General Manager, Eastern Railways, this Court would allow the prayer made in this application. Consequently, in terms of the order of this Court, the matter would stand now remitted back to the Executive Director Civil Engineering (G) Railway Board, Government of India who must decide the matter within a period of four months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)