IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC NO.2361 OF 2008 PRAKASH PASWAN, SON OF LATE JAGESHWAR PASWAN, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE RAMPUR CHOUKRA, POLICE STTION PIRI BAZAR, DISTRICT LAKHISARAI ……………………………………………………………PETITIONER VERSUS 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. THE SECRETARY, HOME (POLICE) DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR, PATNA 3. THE DISTRICT MAGISTRATE, LAKHISARAI 4. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, LAKHISARAI 5. THE SUB DIVISIONAL OFFICER, LAKHISARAI 6. THE CIRCLE OFFICER, SURYAGARHA, DISTRICT LAKHISARAI 7. THE OFFICER-IN-CHARGE, PIRI BAZAR, POLICE STATION, LAKHISARAI 8. RAM PRAVESH PASWAN, SON OF HARDEV PASWAN, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE RAMPUR, CHOUKRA, POLICE STATION PIRI BAZAR, DISTRICT LAKHISARAI ………………………………………………………………………………..RESPONDENTS ********** 2 28/03/2011 The petitioner has filed this writ application praying therein that he should be appointed as Chowkidar as his grandfather was working on the said post. For the same prayer, the petitioner has filed CWJC No. 6706 of 1995, which was dismissed by holding that the post of a Chowkidar is now a Class-IV post and, therefore, the State cannot give preference to any person by virtue of the fact that they were related to the earlier Chowkidar. The post has to be filled up by the regular advertisement. It is expected that the order dated 23.04.1997 passed in CWJC No. 6706 of 1995 has been flowed and the post in question was filled regularly. In any event, since the writ application of the 2 petitioner has once been dismissed, this Court cannot enter into the facts or merits of the case as it is covered by the principle of res judicata. This writ application is accordingly dismissed. Anand ( Sheema Ali Khan, J. )