IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.15406 of 2005 Sri Ram Pramod Jha SON OF LATE SURYA NARAYAN JHA RESIDENT OF MOHALLA BARA PATHAR, SAMASTIPUR RETIRED AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR, PERSONNEL, CENTRAL BIHAR AREA ELECTRICITY BOARD. Versus 1. Bihar State Electricity Board through its Chairman, Patna 2. Chairman, Bihar State Electricity Board, Patna. 3. Joint Secretary, Bihar State Electricity Board, Central Administrative Department, Patna. 4. General Manager-cum-Chief Engineer, Mithila Area Electricity Board, Darbhanga. ---------------------------------- 4 20/12/2011 Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and having perused the writ application, a dead issue is now being unnecessarily flogged when the petitioner has already superannuated years ago and the kind of punishment imposed upon him was minor in nature primarily which related to withholding of one increment with non-cumulative effect and entry of censure in the A.C.R. for the year 1981-82. Third punishment was non- payment of salary except the subsistence allowance for the period of suspension. Since other two punishments have already lost out its effect and the petitioner has already got promotion thereafter, they are not required to be commented upon. - 2 - So far as the third contention is concerned, since the petitioner cannot be subjected to any punishment or enquiry after his superannuation, this Court is reluctant to interfere in the matter on the ground of violation of Rule 97 of the Bihar Service Code. This writ application is dismissed. AMIN/ (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.)