IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.12947 of 1993 1. ARVIND KUMAR GAUTAM, son of Sri Anugrah Narayan Sharma, resident of Qr.No. C/8, Road No.5, R Block, P.S. Sachivalaya in the town and District Patna 2. Ravindra Kumar, son of Ganga Singh, resident of village Govindpur, P.S. Dhanarua, District Patna 3. Sushil Kumar Singh, son of Shiv Kumar Prasad Singh, resident of Ashok Nagar, Road No. 10, P.S. Kankarbagh, in the town and district Patna 4. Pachuse Pandit, son of late Dukhan Pandit, resident of Mohalla Indrapuri, P.S. Sashtri Nagar, in the town and district Patna 5. Amarnath son of Siyaram Singh, resident of village Barahiya, Ramcharan, Choudhary Pathi, Word No.3, P.S. Barahiya, District Munger … Petitioners Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. The Commissioner cum Secretary, Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 3. The Secretary, Department of Labour Employment and Training, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 4. The Secretary, Department of Rural Development Govt. of Bihar, Patna 5. The Secretary, Department of Rural Development, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 6. The Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 7. Bihar Public Service Commission, through its Secretary, 15, Bailey Road, P.S. Sashtri Nagar, in the town and district Patna 8. The Chairman, Bihar Public Service Commission, 15, Bailey Road, P.S. Sastri Nagar, in the town and district Patna 9. Kamal Kumar, s/o not known, working as Gram Panchayat Supervisor, through the Secretary, Department of Rural Development, Govt. of Bihar, Directorate of Panchayati Raj, New Secretariat, Patna 10. Ashwini Kumar, s/o not known, working as Gram Panchayat Sueprvisor, through the Secretary, Department of Rural Development, Govt. of Bihar, Directorate of Panchayati Raj, Directorate of Panchayati Raj, New Secretariat, Patna 11. Chandra Shekhar Kumar Singh, s/o not known, working as Gram Panchayat of Rural Development, Govt. of Bihar, Directorate of Panchayati Raj, new Secretariat, Patna … Respondents. ----------- 2 8. 3.8.2009 No one appears for the petitioners. Counsel for Bihar Public Service Commission is present. The prayer made in this writ application for absorption of the petitioners on Class III post in view of their merit position in the merit list prepared by the Bihar State Sub-ordinate Service Selection Board in terms of Advertisement No. 6 of 1985 in the pay scale of Rs. 1600-2780/- seems to have become infructuous, inasmuch as the respondent State of Bihar in the counter affidavit has explained that the petitioners have been appointed on the post of Samaj Ayojak in the pay scale of Rs. 1200-1800/- since 1st January, 1993. The Commission in fact has also explained that the authenticity and correctness of the record maintained by the Board which had dissolved way back cannot be gone into and therefore, it would be difficult to rely on the alleged merit list as claimed by the petitioners. Be that as it may, a 1985 advertisement now cannot be given effect to 3 after a lapse of 24 years, especially when the petitioners have already been employed under the State of Bihar. This application is, accordingly, dismissed. (Mihir Kumar Jha,J.) Surendra/