IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA MJC No.2284 of 2006 1.BIJAY SHANKER CHAUDHARY son of late Ajab Lal Choudhary, resident of village Gaura, P.S.Bakhari District Begusarai 2.Sachida Nand Lal son of late Shiv Nandan Lal Resident of village Banhara, P.S.Bhagwanpur District Begusarai 3.Ram Niranjan Singh son of late Mahendra Singh Resident of village Sokhara, P.S.Barauni, District Begusarai--------------------petitioners Versus 1.THE STATE OF BIHAR, through Sri Amin Sohani name Of father not known, Secretary, Animal Husbandry Department, Govt. of Bihar, New Secretariat, Vikash Bhawan, Patna 2.Sri Amin Sohani, name of father not known to the Petitioner, Secretary, Animal Husbandry Department Govt. of Bihar, New Secretariat, Vikash Bhawan, Patna 3.Sri Haribansh Narain, name of father not known to The petitioner, Director, Animal Husbandry Department, Govt. of Bihar, New Secretariat, Vikash Bhawan, Patna 4.Dr.Hridai Narain Sharma, name of father not known To the petitioner, Special Deputy Director/In- charge Assistant Director, Cattle Development, Cattle Development Project, Headquarter Level, Barauni 5.Dr.Pramod Kumar, name of father not known to the Petitioner, Assistant Director, Cattle Development Cattle Development Project, Regional Level, Teghra--------------------------------opp.parties ----------- 6. 08.02.2010 In the order dated 3.8.2006 under contempt the direction was to grant benefits to the petitioners as was given to two juniors, namely, Mahendra Singh Yadav & Awadh Kishore Sinha. With respect to the third petitioner direction was given to consider his case and to grant him appropriate 2 benefits in accordance with law. The admitted position is that the authorities have complied with the order of this Court and have given appropriate benefits to all the three petitioners as was given to the said Mr.Yadav and Mr.Sinha. The petitioners claim violation of the said order by issuance of a subsequent show cause notice dated 15.6.2007. The admitted position is that the petitioners have replied to the show cause and no order has been passed till date. It is submitted by learned A.C. to A.A.G.4 that the entire matter of seniority of various employees in the department is being scrutinized and an appropriate decision shall be taken thereafter. In the above circumstances, at present it does not appear that any contempt has been committed by the opposite parties. The contempt application is, accordingly, disposed of. If the petitioner is aggrieved by any future action of the opposite parties they 3 would be at liberty to file a fresh contempt application apart from challenging the said order in appropriate proceedings. (Ramesh Kumar Datta,J.) spal/