IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.17898 of 2009 1. NAWAL KISHORE SINHA S/O SHRI SURENDRA PRASAD SINHA R/O VILL.- IMALIYACHAK, P.O.- SIMUARA, P.S.- TEKARI, DISTT.- GAYA 2. SHAILESH KUMAR S/O SHRI GIRIJESH SHARMA R/O VILL.- KHEMKARAN SARAI, P.O.- KURTHA, P.S.- KURTHA, DISTT.- ARWAL Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH CHIEF SECRETARY, STATE OF BIHAR, OLD SECRETARIAT, PATNA 2. THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, DEPTT. OF ANIMAL & FISHERIES RESOURCE DEPARTMENT, GOVT. OF BIHAR, VIKASH BHAWAN, NEW SECRETARIAT, BAILY ROAD, PATNA null null 3. THE DIRECTOR, DEPTT. OF ANIMAL & FISHERIES RESOURCE DEPARTMENT, VIKASH BHAWAN, NEW SECRETARIAT, BAILY ROAD, PATNA 4. THE JOINT SECRETARY, DEPTT. OF ANIMAL AND FISHERIES RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, GOVT. OF BIHAR, VIKASH BHAWAN, BAILY ROAD, PATNA ----------- 3/ 11/01/2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, for the State as also for the Intervener in I.A. No. 18 of 2010, who are stated to be the selected candidates. The Respondents advertised to make appointments on contract for one year on the post of Block Animal Husbandry Officers. The advertisement stipulated a selection by process of counseling based on marks obtained in B.V. Sc. & A.H. course. The grievance of the petitioners is that a written examination is the most appropriate method in competitive selection in absence of which the procedure adopted for selection is arbitrary. There is no occasion for this Court to consider that larger question in this writ application, in view of the specific statement made in the I.A. on behalf of the selected candidates, not denied by any counter affidavit, that the petitioners were also the applicants, appeared at the counseling and have sought to 2 challenge the advertisement and process of selection only after they have been declared unsuccessful. The application is dismissed. AKS/ ( Navin Sinha, J.)