IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.5584 of 2002 SHYAMA CHARAN PRASAD, son of Late Jagarnath Prasad, resident of Mohalla Purani Gudari, Muzaffarpur, Police Station Sadar Police Station, Muzaffapur, District Muzaffarpur (aged 58 years). … Petitioner. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. The Vice Chancellor, B. R. A. Bihar University, Muzaffapur; 3. The Pro-vice Chancellor, B. R. A. Bihar University, Muzaffapur. 4. The B. R. A. Bihar University, Muzaffarpur, through its Registrar, B. R. A. Bihar University, Muzaffapur.; 5. Satyanarayan Tewari, Father’s name not known to the petitioner, Head of the Department of Physics, B. R. A. Bihar University, Muzaffarpur. .. Respondents. ----------- 4. 14.07.2010 Mr. Ganesh Prasad Singh, learned senior counsel for the petitioner would submit that the issue raised in this writ petition has now become academic inasmuch as the challenge of the petitioner towards the appointment of respondent no. 5 on the post of Head of University Department of Physics can lead to no fruitful result becuase the petitioner had retired from service on 31st January 2004. That being so, this writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. kanchan (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)