IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA MJC No.3080 of 2009 1. SUNIL KUMAR. S/O LATE AWADHESH PRASAD R/O VILL- MUSHNAPUR, P.O- KANSARI, P.S- GAURICHAK, DISTT-PATNA 2. NARESH PRASAD S/O LATE HIAGAL MAHTO R/O VILL- MUSTAFAPUR, P.O-KANSARI, P.S-GAURICHAK, DISTT- PATNA 3. SUNIL KUMAR S/O LATE RAM CHADNRA SHARMA R/O VILL- SEVDAHA TOLA, RAMGARH, P.O- BIR, P.S- DHANARUA, DISTT- PATNA. … Petitioners. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH CHIEF SECRETARY, GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR, PATNA 2. SRI BHANU PRATAP SHARMA THE THEN HEALTH COMMISSIONER-CUM-SECRETARY DEPTT. OF HEALTH, MEDICAL EDUCATION AND FAMILY WELFARE, GOVT.OF BIHAR, PATNA 3. SRI C.K. MISHRA THE HEALTH COMMISSIONER-CUM- SECRETARY, DEPTT. OF HEALTH, MEDICAL EDUCATION AND FAMILY WELFARE, GOVT. OF BIHAR, PATNA 4. DR. SATRUGHAN PRASAD SINGH THE DIRECTOR-IN-CHIEF, HEALTH SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, GOVT. OF BIHAR, PATNA 5. SRI JITENDRA KUMAR SINHA THE DISTRICT MAGISTRATE,. PATNA DISTT- PATNA 6. THE DISTRICT MALARIA OFFICER PATNA DISTRICT, PATNA 7. THE CIVIL SURGEON-CUM-CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER PATNA DISTRICT, PATNA. .. opposite parties. ----------- 2. 21.04.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for opposite parties, officials of State of Bihar. By order dated 6.5.2008 passed in CWJC No. 7350 of 2008, the Director-in-Chief of Health Department was given liberty to pass an appropriate order on the individual representations of the petitioners by a speaking 2 order within the fixed time limit. Counsel for the petitioners submits that no speaking order has been passed by the Director-in-Chief as yet. From the show-cause filed on behalf of opposite party nos. 6, it transpires that entire exercise has been completed by the office of the Director-in-Chief of the Health Department but the order as directed by this Court has not been passed. That being so, no useful purpose would be served by keeping this contempt application pending and accordingly, this Court would direct the Director-in-Chief of Health Department to ensure that resultant final speaking order in terms of the exercise of as explained in the show-cause reply must be passed and communicated by registered post to the petitioners within a period of two months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. The Director-in- Chief of the Health Department would also be under obligation to send a compliance report of the order of this Court through Government Advocate VI who would submit a copy of compliance 3 report to the registry of this Court. With the aforementioned observation and direction, this application is disposed of. Kanchan (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)