IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.4210 of 2007 1. Manoj Kumar, Son of Sri Ram Chandra Chaudhary, Resident of village- Bhagawanpur, Police Station Nalanda, District Nalanda 2. Sanjay Kumar Son of Sri Shidheshwar Chaudhary Resident of Village- Tarwanna, Police Station Bajirganj, District Gaya … … Petitioners Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. The Chief Secretry, Labour Employment and Training Department, Bihar, Patna 3. The District Magistrate-cum- The Collector, Nalanda 4. The Additional Collector, Nalanda, District Nalanda 5. The District Employment Officer, District- Employment Exchange Officer, Nalanda, Biharsharif …. .. Respondents ---------------------------------- For the Petitioners :Mr. Rajendra Sharma, Advocate For the State :Mr. Ranjit Kumar Pandey, AC to G.P.-20 03/ 30.09.2011 Sri Rajendra Sharma, Advocate has filed Vakalatnama on behalf of the petitioners in this matter after taking No Objection from Sri Rabindra Prasad Singh, which is taken on record. 2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the State. 3. Petitioners are serving in the Nalanda Collectorate and its attached offices as candidate peon. They were empanelled pursuant to advertisement published in Prabhat Khabar, Patna edition dated 17.11.2003, Annexure-1, but they could 2 not secure their appointment in the light of their position in the said panel, as the panel itself was abandoned under order dated 1.3.2008, Annexure-A to the counter affidavit filed on behalf of Respondent nos. 3 and 4 passed by the Collector, Nalanda. Perusal of the order dated 1.3.2008, Annexure-A indicates that while abandoning the panel published pursuant to advertisement, Annexure-1, the Collector, Nalanda referred to the circular of the Board of Revenue dated 26.5.1987, in paragraph 4 whereof there is clear instruction to maintain the seniority of the candidate peon as per their position in the earlier panel. 4. This writ petition is disposed of directing the State- respondents that as and when the appointment is made in the Collectorate, Nalanda on Class IV post, the case of the petitioners be considered as per their position in the earlier panel of 2004 published pursuant to the advertisement, Annexure-1. Arjun/ ( V. N. Sinha, J.)