IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.5552 of 2011 The Bihar State Electricity Board through its Secretary Vidyut Bhawan Bailey Road, Patna. …………….. Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar through Principal Secretary, Energy department, Government of Bihar, Patna. 2. The Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Principal Secretary, Energy department, Government of Bihar, Patna. 4. The Principal Secretary, department of Home, Government of Bihar, Patna. 5. The District Magistrate, Patna. 6. The Senior Superintendent of Police, Patna. 7. The Power Engineering Service Association through its President Sri C.L.Prakash having office at Bihar State Electricity Board, Patna-21. 8. The Power Junior Engineering Association through its General Secretary Er. Praveen Kumar having office at Bihar State Electricity Board, Patna-21. 9. The Bihar Jharkhand Rajya Vidyut Parishad Field Kamgar Union through its General Secretary Sri Amrendra Prasad Mishra having office at Khas Mahal,Chiryatand Patna. 10. Bihar Power Workers Union, through its General Secretary Shri Mahesh Prasad Sinha having office at Shaitalwasho Kunwar Niwas, Purandarpur, Mithapur,Patna-1. 12. Bihar State Progressive General Secretary Electric Workers Union, through its working General Secretary Shri Rameshwar Prasad Singh having office at Baschi Bhawan Road No.3,Postal Park,Patna. 13. Bihar Bijli Majdoor Union, through its General Secretary Sri Arjun Prasad Yadav, having office at Barrack No.2, New Punaichak,Patna-23. 14.Bihar Vidyut Takniki Kamgar Union, through its General Secretary Upendra Kumar Chaudhary having office at D.V.Colony Jakkanpur, Patna. 15. Bihar Pradesh Vidyut Shramik Sangh through its General Secretary Sri Krishnandan Prasad Sinha having office at Quarter no.1, Road No. 1 Gardanibagh,Patna-1. 16.Bihar Rajya Vidyut Majdoor Union through its President Sri Krishnandan Prasad Sinha having office at Satyabhama Niwas, Jai Prakash Nagar,Progresive Colony, Bhutnath Road, Patna. 17. Bihar Rajya Vidyut Board Colony, Shastinagar, Patna-23. 18. Bihar State Electric Supply Workers Union, through its General Secretary, having office at Dakkin Mandiri,Patna. 19. Bihar Bijli Madjoor Union through its Deputy General Secretary-cum- Working President Sri Sheo Pujan Singh Yadav, having office at Buddha Marg, Near Petrol Pump, Patna-1. …………. Respondents. ---------------------------------- 2 5 23.08.2011 Heard Mr. Anand Kumar Ojha for the petitioner, Mr. Lalit Kishore learned A.A.G. I for the State of Bihar, Mr. Rajeev Roy for respondent nos. 7 and 8, Mr. Uma Kant Shukla for respondent no.9, Mr. Satendra Kishore Prasad for respondents no. 11 and 16, Mr. Sheo Pujan Singh Yadav for respondent no. 19, and Mr. Viswanath Prasad Sinha for respondent no.18. The Bihar State Electricity Board has preferred this writ petition, which is in the nature of a Public Interest Litigation, for a direction to the different Unions/Associations, who are party respondents herein, to desist from striking work, so that re-organization of the Board in terms of the Electricity Act, 2003, is achieved. It appears that, during the pendency of the present proceeding, the State of Bihar has issued notification bearing memo no.3698, dated 18.8.2011, whereby the first step under the Act has been taken. We are further informed at the Bar that the State Government shall take the subsequent steps in effective implementation of the provisions of the Act, read with the notification dated 18.8.2011. It further appears to us that the respondent Associations/Unions and the employees of the Board have acted with restraint during the pendency of the present proceeding and have not struck work. Taking into account the facts and circumstances of the case and the notification of the State Government of 18.8.2011, we do not feel the necessity of pursuing this writ petition any further. It goes without saying that it will be open to the aggrieved persons including the Associations/Unions and employees of the Board to challenge the validity of the notification dated 18.8.2011, in an appropriate 3 proceeding, if so advised. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. SS/An (S.K.Katriar,J) ( Ahsanuddin Amanullah, J.)