Letters Patent Appeal No.32 OF 2001 ------------- Against Judgment and order dated 28th November, 2000 Passed by a learned Single Judge of this Court in C.W.J.C. No.9416 of 2000. THE BIHAR STATE ELECT.BOARD &ORS---------------Appellants Versus DINA IRON & STEEL LTD. & ORS------------------Respondents with Letters Patent Appeal No. 80 of 2001 -------------- DINA IRON & STEEL LTD. & ORS-------------------Appellants Versus THE BIHAR STATE ELECT.BOARD & ORS-------------Respondents P R E S E N T THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE BARIN GHOSH THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JAYANANDAN SINGH Barin Ghosh & Jayanandan Singh,JJ: Both the appeals are being disposed of by this common Judgment and order. The capacity of the induction furnace of Dina Iron and Steel Limited for two different periods had been decided. The said decision was the subject matter of challenge in the writ petition. The writ petition was allowed by the Judgment and order under appeal, whereby the said decision was quashed with a direction upon the Board to act according to the report of the expert committee of I.I.T., Kanpur for the entire period. That has resulted in filing of both the appeals. However, during the pendency of the appeals, both the parties were seeking to resolve the dispute - 2 - inter se, and ultimately on 15th December, 2006 such dispute was resolved in the manner as follows:- (a) The capacity of the furnace shall be considered as 12.8 Metric Ton with effect from 1st of September, 1999; and (b) 12.51 Metric Ton with effect from 1st of September, 2001 up to 9th March, 2004. In view of resolution of the dispute by the parties in the manner as above, the subject matter of these appeals have now became academic. In those circumstances, both the appeals are disposed of. ( Barin Ghosh, J.) ( Jayanandan Singh, J.) Patna High Court Dated 4th July, 2008 Arvind/N.A.F.R.