IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.10717 of 2002 DR.(MRS.) RANJANA NEKMAN Versus THE BIHAR INDUSTRIAL & TECHNICAL CONSULTANCY ORGANISATION LTD. (HEREIN AFTER REFERRED TO AS “BITCO” & ORS ----------- 11 26.03.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the Industrial Development Bank of India. No one appears on behalf of Bihar Industrial and Technical Consultancy Organization Limited. The petitioner is aggrieved by the termination of her services by order dated 31.5.2002 on ground of alleged unauthorized absence. Disputing the allegations, the submission is that unauthorized absence constitutes a mis- conduct under Rules 71 (2) BITCO Staff Rules. It is submitted that it contemplates a departmental proceeding. Submission is of the specific assertion in paragraph-36 of the writ petition that the major punishment of dismissal has been passed without holding a departmental enquiry. The counter affidavit does not dispute this fact. It appears that by reasons of subsequent events the challenge has become academic as the respondent Institution no more exists where the 2 petitioner may be reinstated. The writ application is disposed as infructous. P.K. (Navin Sinha, J.)