IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.8944 of 2009 JYOTI KUMAR VERMA aged about 48 years, Son of late Bhunvineshwar Prasad, resident of State Council of Education Research and Training Campus, Mahendru, Patna Police Station – Sultanganj, District – Patna, at present working as a Clerk, State Council of Education, Research and Training, Bihar, Patna. …… Petitioner. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR through the Principal Secretary, Human Resources Development Department, Government of Bihar having his office at Vikas Bhawan, Police Station – Sachivalaya, District – Patna. 2. The Deputy Secretary, Human Resources Development Department having his office at Vikas Bhawan, Police Station – Sachivalaya, District – Patna. 3. The Director, State Council of Education, Research and Training having his office at State Council of Education, Research and Training Campus, Mahendru, Police Station – Sultanganj, District – Patna. 4. Sri Hasan Waris, Director (Incharge), State Council of Education, Research and Training, Bihar, Patna having his office at State Council of Education, Research and Training Campus, Police Station – Sultanganj, District – Patna. …. Respondents. ----------- 02/ 30.07.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. 2. Petitioner is aggrieved by the office order bearing memo no. 1118 dated 16th of July, 2009, Annexure-1, whereunder his services have been merged with clerks of the Directorate of Secondary Education, i.e., Central Cadre. 3. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that presently he is serving as a Clerk in the State Council of Education Research and Training which is separate from the Directorate of Secondary Education and in the light of the order merging his services with the Directorate of Secondary Education, he is likely to loose his seniority. Such apprehension of the petitioner appears to be unfounded as about seniority nothing has been mentioned in the said order. However, in future if the seniority of the petitioner is affected on account of the - 2 - present merger he shall have right to agitate the same. 4. This writ application is, accordingly, disposed of. DKS/ (V.N. Sinha, J.)