IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Letters Patent Appeal No.739 of 2011 In Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 1046 of 2010 ====================================================== Arvind Kumar Nishad, S/o Late Ram Prasad Choudhary, resident of village Umairabad, P.O. Baidrabad, P.S. Arwal, District Arwal .... Petitioner no.1… Appellant/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. The Commissioner- cum- Secretary, Town Development Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 3. The District Magistrate, Arwal 4. Shri Kamla Kant, The Revising Authority, as notified under Bihar Municipal Act, 2007 for the Nagar Parishad, Arwal 5. The State Election Commission, Sone Bhawan, 5th Floor, Veerchand Patel Path, Patna-1, represented through its Commissioner, State Election Commission, Sone Bhawan, 5th Floor, Veerdchand patel Path, Patna-1 6. The Secretary, State Election Commission, Sone Bhawan, 5th Floor, Veerdchand patel Path, Patna-1 7. Binesh Kumar Bharati, S/o Shri Jagdish Ram, resident of village Ambedkar Nagar (Mokri), P.O. + PS Arwal, District Arwal .... Respondents.. Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant/s : Mr. Shri Prakash Srivastava, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Mr. Chakradhari Sharan Singh, AAG 6 ====================================================== 2 10-08-2011 Heard learned counsel for the appellant and learned counsel for the State. The appellant had preferred the writ petition against State authorities seeking a mandamus that his tenure of five years as elected Mukhiya should be respected by the authorities. Admittedly, the said tenure has expired. In our view, controversy raised by the Patna High Court LPA No.739 of 2011 (2) dt.10-08-2011 2 petitioner as apparent from the prayer made in the writ petition has become infructuous. The appeal is disposed of accordingly. sk (Shiva Kirti Singh, J) (Amaresh Kumar Lal, J)