IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.7358 of 2005 1. Ravindra Prasad 2. Bali Ram Yadav 3. Bijay Shankar Chaudhary 4. Sudama Chaudhary 5. Ramesh Singh 6. Verma Bishun Chaudhary 7. Lallan Chaudhary 8. Keshwar Manjhi 9. Ram Parvesh Manjhi 10. Lallan Manjhi 11. Kameshwar Manjhi 12. Chandrama Manjhi 13. Jang Bahadur Manjhi ….Petitioners Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. The Home Commissioner, Government of Bihar, Patna 3. The Collector Siwan …Respondents ----------- 06. 22.07.2011 Petitioners seek appropriate order/direction for quashing the notification/order issued by the Collector, Siwan, by which the entire post of Chaukidar and Dafadar in the district of Siwan has been reserved for Scheduled Caste. Petitioners claim to have worked as Chaukidar(s) after retirement of their respective fathers in different villages for which ‘Kamans’ were also issued. Respondents have placed on record counter affidavit. A stand has been taken therein that steps for selection of Chaukidar(s) and Dafadar(s) were taken in 2005, but thereafter the said notification/advertisement was kept in abeyance inasmuch as no panel of the candidates was prepared in the light of the said advertisement. In that view of the matter, the prayer made in the writ petition seems to have lost its relevance The application is accordingly dismissed. hr ( Kishore K. Mandal )