IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.5349 of 2010 1. MD. NISAR AHMAD S/O LATE MD. NABAB ANSARI R/O MOHALLA- MADHUBANI BAZAR, PURNEA, P.O. & P.S. PURNIA, DISTT.- PURNIA 2. GHUTTU PASWAN S/O LATE KALTU PASWAN R/O MOHALLA- MADHUBANI BAZAR, PURNEA, P.O. & P.S. PURNIA, DISTT.- PURNIA 3. SWAROOP LAL MANDAL S/O LATE MOHAN LAL MANDAL R/O F- 24, KASHI COLONY, PURNEA, P.O. & P.S.- PURNIA, DISTT.- PURNIA 4. DILIP KR. CHAUDHARY S/O LATE JAMINI MOHAN CHOUDHARY R/O F/8, KOSI COLONY PURNEA, P.O. & P.S. PURNEA, DISTT.- PURNIA 5. DILIP KR. JHA S/O LATE GOVIND KANT JHA R/O E/2, KOSI COLONY, PURNEA, P.O. & P.S.- PURNIA, DISTT.- PURNIA Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, GOVT. OF BIHAR, PATNA 2. DEPUTY SECRETARY (INCHARGE REVENUE ADMINISTRATION) WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, GOVT. OF BIHAR, PATNA 3. THE CHIEF ENGINEER WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, GOVT. OF BIHAR, PATNA 4. THE SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, CANAL CIRCLE, PURNIA ----------- 02. 25.11.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. Counter affidavit is stated to have been filed on 20.2.2010 which is not on record. Let the office place it on record. The Court requested learned counsel for the State to make available his copy for perusal so as not to hold up the proceeding on that ground. Let the office retain a Zerox copy of the counter affidavit placed during submissions. The petitioners originally sought the relief for grant of due seniority and correct placement in the 2 seniority list after determining inter se seniority along with persons in the Engineering wing with which the Revenue Directorate was amalgamated on 17.5.2005. The counter affidavit of the respondents at paragraphs 7 and 8 unequivocally states that the seniority of the petitioners along with employees of the Engineering wing was being fixed in an amalgamated form. After the inter se seniority was so fixed the other grievances in the writ petition shall be appropriately considered. There is no occasion for this Court to adjudicate the matter any further at this stage. The writ petition is disposed in terms of the statement made in the counter affidavit with directions to finalize the gradation list within a maximum period of four months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. Needless to state that after such finalization, the respondents shall stand by their solemn assertions and look into the consequent grievance of the petitioners appropriately within a maximum period of two months thereafter. The application stands disposed. P.K. ( Navin Sinha, J.)