IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.9671 of 2000 Virendra Pal Singh, Son of Late J.P. Verma, resident of 96/40, Officers Flat, Bailey Road, Patna-1, P.S.-Shastri Nagar, District-Patna. –Petitioner. VERSUS 1. The State of Bihar, through the Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Government of Bihar, Patna. 2. The Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Government of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Deputy Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Government of Bihar, Patna. 4. Ravindra Prasad, Son of Late Shri Ram Nandan Prasad, resident of Mohalla Gola Road, Mahavir Asthan, Muzaffarpur, at present working as Deputy Director (Planning), Soil Conservation, Agriculture Department, New Secretariat, Patna. – Respondents. ----------- 08 13.12.2010 On 07.12.2010 no one was present for the petitioner. It was, accordingly, ordered that the case may be listed at the top of the list today. Today also no one is present on behalf of the petitioner. Learned counsel for the State and contesting respondent no.4 are present. Learned counsel for the contesting respondent no.4 points out that the writ petition was filed during pendency of L.P.A. Nos.114 and 122 both of the year 1994 which dealt with regard to promotion. The said Letters Patent Appeals were dismissed by order dated 03.12.2002 after this writ petition was filed. It is further submitted on behalf of respondent no.4 that petitioner has also died in the meantime. Be that as it may, as no one appears for the petitioner, the writ petition is dismissed for non-prosecution. Trivedi/ (Navaniti Prasad Singh, J.)