IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA ------------- Letters Patent Appeal No.1454 of 2010 ---------- Appeal against the judgment and order dated 3-8-2010 passed by a Bench of this Court in C.W.J.C. No. 9520 of 2004. ------------- Anil Kumar, Son of Rameshwar Mehra, permanent resident of village- Govindpur, P.O. Paharidih, P.S. Sarwan, District- Deoghar (Jharkhnad)..... Appellant Versus 1. The State Of Bihar , through the Chief Secretary, Govt. of Bihar, Old Secretariat,Patna. 2. The Commissioner-cum- Secretary, Dept. of Personnel and Administrative Reforms, Government of Bihar,Old Secretariat, Patna. 3. The Deputy Secretary, Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms, Government of Bihar, Patna 4. The Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Department of Welfare, Govt. of Bihar, Old Secretariat, Patna. 5. The Director, Department of Welfare, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 6. Satish Kumar Bhagat, Son of Baijnath Bhagat, R/o Village + P.O.- Ghaghra, District- Gumla ( Jharkhand) ................................................................. Respondents 3 9-12-2011 Heard learned counsel for the appellant and learned counsel for the State. The learned writ court has dismissed the writ petition preferred by the appellant in the light of Division Bench Judgment of this Court in the case of Khichri Ram Vrs. State of Bihar and others; 2009 (2) PLJR 265. Since the Division Bench upheld the amendment in the 2 Reservation Act in 2002 with retrospective effect, the writ court has rightly held that as the appellant is residing outside the State of Bihar, the appellant is not entitled to claim benefit of reservation. We find no merit in this appeal. It is accordingly dismissed. Naresh ( Shiva Kirti Singh, J.) ( Shivaji Pandey,J)