IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.2164 of 2010 1. SURYA NARAYAN YADAV S/O ASHARFI YADAV R/O VILL.- MANNU PAKHERA, P.O. SADHOPUR, P.S. HYAGHAT, DISTT.- DARBHANGA 2. SATYANARAYAN PRASAD S/O LATE THAKUR PRASAD R/O VILL.- CHAK RASULABAD, P.S. PATEPUR, DISTT.- VAISHALI 3. BHUPENDRA JHA S/O LATE UMAKANT JHA R/O VILL.- RAGHUNATHPUR, P.O. ANANDPUR, P.S. PATORE, DISTT.- DARBHANGA 4. HARE RAM MISHRA S/O LATE RAM CHANDRA MISHRA R/O VILL.- PATOR, P.S. LAHERIASARAI, DISTT.- DARBHANGA Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH THE SECRETARY-CUM-COMMISSIONER WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR, SINCHAI BHAWAN, PATNA 2. THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR BIHAR WATER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LTD., ROAD NO. 1A, SRI KRISHNAPURI, PATNA-800001 3. THE CHIEF ENGINEER (NORTH BIHAR) WATER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, PATNA 4. THE SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER (TUBE WELL) LAHERIASARAI, DARBHANGA 5. THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER (TUBE WELL) MADHUBANI ----------- 2/ 13/08/2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. At the outset itself learned counsel for the petitioners very fairly submits that petitioner No.1 had come to this Court earlier in C.W.J.C. No.4136/07 which was dismissed as withdrawn. Inadvertently, it could not be mentioned in the writ application. The prayer in the writ application is to direct consideration of the petitioners for regularization in view of their past services in context of a Government decision that those who had worked till 11.2.1990 may be so considered. The law stands well settled that regularization - 2 - is not a mode of appointment. There is no statement in the writ application that the petitioners are working at present to make any observation to consider their case for regularization. The pleadings in paragraph-4 are explicit that they are no more working since 30.61982. There is no merit in this application. It is accordingly dismissed. KC ( Navin Sinha, J.)