IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.1648 of 2009 KRISHNA PRASAD S/O LATE GULABCHAND RAI, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE RAIPURA, P.S. FATWAH, DISTRICT PATNA ……..PETITIONER. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH ITS SECRETARY-CUM- COMMISSIONER, INDUSTRIES DEPARTMENT, GOVT. OF BIHAR, PATNA 2. THE DEPUTY SECRETARY, INDUSTRIES DEPARTMENT, GOVT. OF BIHAR, PATNA 3. THE MANAGING DIRECTOR, BIHAR INDUSTRIAL AREA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, 6-7TH FLOOR, INDIRA BHAWAN, BAILEY ROAD, PATNA 4. THE COLLECTOR, PATNA 5. THE DISTRICT LAND ACQUISITION OFFICER, PATNA 6. THE UNION OF INDIA, THROUGH THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, NEW DELHI 7. THE SECRETARY-CUM-COMMISSIONER, MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS, GOVT. OF INDIA, NEW DELHI 8. THE GENERAL MANAGER, BHARAT PETROLEUM CORPORATION LTD., EAST BHARAT BHAWAN, PLOT NO.31, K.I.T. SCHEME NO.118, PRINCE GULAB MD. SHAH ROAD, GOLF MACHINE, KOLKATTA 700095 9. THE REGIONAL MANAGER, L.P.G.(EAST), BHARAT PETROLEUM CORPORATION LTD., OKTAMIAS CHAMBER (3RD FLOOR), 15C, HEMANT BASU SARANI, KOLKATTA 700001 10. THE REGIONAL MANAGER, L.P.G. (EAST), BHARAT PETROLEUM CORPORATION LTD., EXIBITION ROAD, PATNA …….RESPONDENTS. ----------- 2. 3.2.2009 Prayer of the petitioner in this application is for appointment in the bottling plant proposed to be established by respondent no.8, the General Manager, Bharat Petroleum Corporation. It is the assertion of the petitioner that his land was acquired in the year 1973-74 and handed over to the Bihar Industrial Development Authority, which was handed over to respondent no.8 in 2006 in which it is intending to establish bottling plant. Having heard Mrs. Sheela Sharma for the petitioner, 2 A.C.to A.A.G.III for respondent no.1 and Mr. Madhuresh Prasad for respondent nos.8 to 10, I am not inclined to accede to the prayer of the petitioner and direct for his appointment on the ground that his land was acquired thirty five years earlier in the year 1973. However this will not prevent the petitioner from requesting respondent nos.8 to 10 to grant appointment. Application stands dismissed in limine with the observation aforesaid. Narendra/ (Chandramauli Kr. Prasad, ACJ.)