IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA LPA No.1163 of 2009 Kumar Devendra Singh s/o Fateh Bahadur Singh, r/o village Semra, P.O. Singapur, P.S. Kanpur, District – Gazipur, U.P., at present posted as Inspector, Chief Minister Security, Patna ……………. Appellant Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through the Secretary, Department of Home ( Police), Bihar, Patna 2. The Director General and Inspector General of Police, Bihar, Old Secretariat, Patna 3. Inspector General of Police, Heaquarters and Administration, Patna 4. The Inspector General of Police, Muzaffarpur Zone, Muzaffarpur 5. The Deputy Inspector General of Police, Headquarters, Bihar, Patna 6. The Deputy Inspector General of Police, Champaran, Bettiah 7. The Assistant Inspector General of Police (Personnel), Department of Home (Police), Bihar 8. The Superintendent of Police, Bettiah 9. The Superintendent of Police, Bagha …. Respondents ----------- For the appellant: Mr. Ganesh Prasad Singh, Sr. Advocate Mr. Manish Kumar, Advocate For the respondents: Mr. Lalit Kishore, AAG III --- 2 19/2/2010 Heard Mr. Ganesh Prasad Singh, learned Senior Counsel, along with Mr. Manish Kumar, learned counsel for the appellant and Mr. Lalit Kishore, learned counsel for the State. Questioning the correctness of the order passed by the learned Single Judge on 6.8.2009 in CWJC. No.9262 of 2009, the present appeal has been preferred. 2 Mr. Singh, learned Senior Counsel for the appellant, contended that in pursuance of the order passed on the earlier writ petition, that is, CWJC. No.1479 of 2001 the whole Board should have considered the case of the appellant not the Director General of Police. Mr. Lalit Kishore, Additional Advocate General – III, fairly stated that he has no objection if the court directs the whole Board to reconsider the matter. In view of aforesaid, the order passed by the learned Single Judge is set aside and the matter is remitted to the Board to reconsider the case of the appellant in terms of Rule 660-C of the Bihar Police Manual within a period of three months from today. Needless to emphasise, when we have directed the Board to reconsider the case of the appellant, the Board has the sole discretion and it cannot be inferred even remotely that this court has expressed any opinion with regard to the merits of the case. The appeal stands disposed of accordingly. Neyaz/ (Dipak Misra, CJ.) (Mihir Kumar Jha, J)