IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.7954 of 2011 Santosh Kumar Rajak SON OF LATE SUDARSHAN RAM RESIDENT OF NAWADAH, P..S. TOWN, DISTRICT BHOJPUR. Versus 1. The State Of Bihar THROUGH THOME COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF HOME GOVT. OF BIHAR, PATNA. 2. DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, BIHAR, PATNA. 3. THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, NORTHERN RANGE, MUZAFFARPUR. 4. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, MOTIHARI. ---------------------------------- For the petitioner :- Mr. B. N. Gupta. For the State :- Mr. Satish Kumar Sinha. ------ 2 12/08/2011 Petitioner is supposed to be the son of one Tara Devi who was the second wife of late Sudarshan Ram, who was stated to be an Assistant Sub Inspector of Police when he died in harness in the year 2007. Based on the genealogical table annexed as annexure-1, claim of the petitioner is that there were three daughters from the first wife Bimla Devi and all of them are now married and happily settled. Liability has been left behind by the erstwhile employee with regard to the streams of Tara Devi. There are three sons and two daughters. All of them seem to be minor except the present petitioner. He filed an application before the - 2 - Superintendent of Police, Motihari on 22.06.2007 as would be evident from the so called postal receipt annexed with the writ application. Since till date the petitioner has not been informed about his status, he has approached the High Court. If such an application has been received by the Superintendent of Police, Motihari i.e. respondent no. 4 and as no decision has been taken, according to the petitioner, he is directed to process the application of the petitioner and inform him about his status as well as with regard to his right of such appointment within a reasonable time frame of three months from the date of production or communication of a copy of this order. This writ application stands disposed of with the direction aforesaid. AMIN/ (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.)