IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.11579 of 2009 Zahid Hussain Versus The State Of Bihar & Ors 3/ 25/08/2011 After some argument, leave is sought to withdraw the application for preferring a departmental appeal. Nothing in this order shall be deemed or construed as any opinion and/or observation on the merits of the same insofar as the appellate authority is concerned. If an appeal is filed, the appellate authority is required to act on his own application of mind in accordance with his statutory powers to arrive at a reasoned and discussed conclusion. Any application for condoning the delay in preferring of the appeal is required to be considered in accordance with Rule-25 of the Bihar C.C.A. Rules, 2005. The application is dismissed as withdrawn. KC ( Navin Sinha, J.)