IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.8668 of 2010 ARUN KUMAR SRIVASTAVA, S/o Sri Raj Mohan Lal, resident of Village- Sikanderpur, P.O.- Sikandarpur, P.S. Chainpur, District- Kaimur (Bhabua), permanently (the then working as Gramin Dak Sewak, Branch Postmaster, in Sikandarpur Post Office, situated within Bhabua Sub- Division head office at Sasaram. ..... Petitioner. Versus 1. UNION OF INDIA, represented by the Secretary, Postal Department, New Delhi. 2. Chief Postmaster General, Bihar Circle, Patna. 3. Director, Postal Services (H.Q.), Bihar Circle, Patna. 4. Assistant Director Staff and Recruitment, Bihar Circle, Patna. 5. Superintendent of Postal Offices, Rohtas Division at Sasaram. 6. Inspector (Postal, Bhabhua Sub-Division), Bhabhua. 7. The Post Master, Sasaram Head Quarter. .... Respondents. ----------- 02- 17.5.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, and Mr. Dwivedy Surendra, learned Central Government Counsel. This writ petition is directed against the order dated 6.4.2010, passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Patna Bench, in O.A. No.228 of 2010 (Arun Kumar Srivastava Vs. Union of India and others), whereby the original application has been rejected. 2. It appears that the original applicant had worked as a substitute in place of a regularly appointed person for a limited period. The substitute arrangement was terminated leading to the original application. We entirely 2 agree with the view taken by the learned Tribunal in dismissing the original application, namely, the original applicant had joined without advertisement of the post and without selection process. He has obviously no enforceable right. 3. The writ petition is dismissed. (S K Katriar, J.) (Kishore K. Mandal, J.) S.K.Pathak/