IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.151 of 2005 TRILOKI YADAV Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS with CWJC No.152 of 2005 CHANDRASHEKHAR PRASAD SINHA Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS with CWJC No.232 of 2005 KAILASH KUMAR SINGH Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS with CWJC No.736 of 2005 RAGHUBANSH KUMAR YADAV & ORS Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 4 11.09.2008 Heard counsel for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners who claimed to have been appointed and trained as Dalpati are before this Court with claim to be considered for appointment on the post of Panchayat Sewak. The petitioners of C.W.J.C. no. 151/2005 and C.W.J..C. No. 152/2005 seek this relief in the context of the district of West Champaran while the petitioners of C.W.J.C. Nos. 232/2005 and C.W.J.C. Nos. 736/2005, seeking the same relief, relate to the district of Munger. An additional ground urged in C.W.J.C. No. 232/2005 is that a person, junior to the petitioner in the seniority of Dalpati, has been appointed in the year 2004 discriminating against the petitioners. Be that as it may, these are matters to be now considered appropriately - 2 - under the new guidelines. A supplementary affidavit has been filed on behalf of the petitioner in C.W.J.C. No. 151/2005. A submission is made that the issues pleaded in the supplementary affidavit are identical with regard to all the petitioners. The supplementary affidavit states that the respondent State has issued memo no. 1561 dated 28.3.2008 on the issue of considering Dalpati for appointment on the post of Panchayat Sewak. A cut off date i.e. 23.8.1993 has been fixed . Guidelines have been laid down for the mode, method and manner of consideration, including the issue of age relaxation, for persons like the petitioners who, because of the protracted litigation, may have become over aged during the pendency of the litigations. If policy guidelines have been framed by the respondents including issues of age relaxation and if the petitioners are covered by the policy guidelines, naturally they are required to be considered in accordance therewith. The respondents are directed to consider the case of the petitioners for such appointment in accordance with the law within a maximum period of three months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of the order. The writ applications stands disposed. pkj (Navin Sinha, J)