IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.3430 of 2007 Santosh Kumar, S/o Shree Yogendra Thakur, Vill+Post- Basdila Bazar, Tola Bheridari, P.S. Gogalganj, District Gopalganj. Present Posted as Car Driver, Central Bank of India, Siwan. ...... Petitioner VERSUS 1. The State of Bihar, through the Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar, Patna. 2. General Manager, Central Bank of India, Central Office, Chandra Mukhi Nariman Point, Mumbai. 3. Deputy General Manager, Central Bank of India, Recruitment & Promotion Division, Central Office, Chandra Mukhi Nariman Point, Mumbai. 4. Zonal Manager, Zonal Office, Central Bank of India, Muzaffarpur. 5. Regional Manager, Regional Office, Central Bank of India, Siwan. 6. Branch Manager, Central Bank of India, Siwan. 7. Chief Manager, Central Bank of India, Siwan. ..... Respondents. ****** 02- 1.10.2008 Heard Mr. Ranjeet Kumar for the petitioner, and Mr. Ajay Kumar Sinha for respondent nos.2 to 7 (Central Bank of India). According to the writ petition, the petitioner has been employed by the respondent Central Bank of India, Siwan Branch, and has been allotted the duty of driving car of the Chief Manager of Siwan Branch. He started functioning on 21.9.2003 on consolidated payment per month and has continued as such till April 2007, whereafter 2 his services have been dispensed with. He seeks direction to the respondent Bank to absorb his services as driver. It is further submitted that the petitioner has so worked with the successive Chief Managers of Siwan Branch, has been marking his attendance in the Bank’s attendance register, and the Bank has issued identity-card (Annexure-5) to him. 2. Learned counsel for the Bank submits on instructions that the petitioner has never been employed by the Bank. He has been employed by the Chief Manager of the Siwan Branch as a private driver. 3. In that view of the matter, it appears that this writ petition is not maintainable. It is accordingly dismissed. (S K Katriar, J.) S.K.Pathak/