IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.2720 of 2009 1. PRATIMA KUMARI @ PRATIMA DEVI, Wife of late Surendra Kumar, daughter of late Maheshwar Singh, resident of village + P.O. - Shovni, P.S. – Suryagarha, District – Lakhisarai. 2. Gopesh Kumar son of late Maheshwar Singh, resident of Village - & P.O. - Loshani, P.S. Pir Bazar, District- Lakhisarai. 3. Kanhaiya Kumar son of late Surendra Kumar, resident of Village + P.O. -Shovni, P.S. – Suryagarha, District – Lakhisarai. __________________ Petitioners Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR through the Secretary, Home Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. 2. The Commissioner, Home Department, Munger Division, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 3. The District Collector, Lakhisarai. 4. The Deputy Collector (Incharge), District – Nazarat, Lakhisarai. 5. The District Officer, Lakhisarai. ________________ Respondents 02. 28.02.2009 After having heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State the Court has difficulty in giving direction upon the respondents to regularize them in service merely because they claim that they had worked under the respondents for more than 240 days in a year as candidate peons. The law being what it is laid down in the case of Secretary, State of Karnataka and others v. Umadevi (3) and others, (2006) 4 SCC 1, no direction can be given for regularization. The writ application is dismissed. rkp (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J)