IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.10282 of 2005 YOGENDRA TIWARY, son of late Lallan Tiwary, resident of village – Chuwar, P S – Koran Sarai, District – Buxar. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR. 2. The Secretary, Department of Irrigation, Govt. of Bihar, Sinchai Bhawan, Patna. 3. The Engineer-in-Chief, Irrigation Department, Govt. of Bihar, Sinchai Bhawan, Patna. 4. The Chief Engineer, Advanced Planning (Irrigation), Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 5. The Superintending Engineer, Advanced Planning, Irrigation Department, Patna. 6. The Executive Engineer, Advanced Planning, Research Division, Bhabhua, at Bhabhua. 7. The Executive Engineer, Advanced Planning and Research Division, Buxar. 8. The Sub Divisional Officer, Advanced Planning and Research Sub Division, Raghunathpur. ----------- 03. 29.9.2010 There is no occasion for the Court to give any direction for accepting the joining of the petitioner when admittedly he has been absent from duty for the last 15 years. Whatever be the circumstance or the justification of his absence, all these aspects would be required to be looked into by the disciplinary authority. Let him take appropriate steps in this regard, may be by issuing show cause to the petitioner on the question of his absence and if no satisfactory reply is given, disciplinary proceeding can be initiated to take to its logical end. Status of the petitioner would be decided in the above stated background by the competent authority. No order is required to be passed in the present writ application. It is dismissed. rkp ( Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.)