IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA LPA No.1079 of 2007 Nand Kumar Sah son of late Mahabir Prasad Sah, resident of Club Ganj, Police Station Mozahidpur Town & District Bhagalpur at present residing at J.N. Patti, Near Teachers Training College, Chauk, Farbisganj, P.S. Farbisganj, District – Araria ……………. Appellant Versus 1. The State Of Bihar, 2. The Secretary, Department of Water Resources, Government of Bihar, Patna 3. The Chief Engineer, Water Resources, Birpur, District – Supaul 4. The Superintending Engineer, Irrigation Circle, Birpur, District – Supaul 5. The Executive Engineer, Irrigation Division, Triveniganj, District – Supaul 6. The Executive Engineer, Irrigation Division, Birpur 7. The Sub-Divisional Officer, Irrigation Sub division, Triveniganj, District – Supaul 8. The Executive Engineer, Rural Development Special Division, Hiridih, Jharkhand 9. The State of Jharkhand through the Secretary, Department of Water Resources, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi ----------- For the appellant : Mr. Kamla Kant Tiwary, Advocate For the State of Bihar: Md. Arif, J.C. to S.C. IV For the State of Jharkhand: Mr. Neeraj Kumar, J.C. to Standing Counsel for State of Jharkhand --------- P R E S E N T Hon'ble the Chief Justice & Hon'ble Mr. Justice Kishore K. Mandal ---------- Dated, the 30th September, 2008. Mr. Kamla Kant Tiwari, Advocate appears and prays for adjournment. We are unable to accede to his request for adjournment as we find from the proceedings that repeated adjournments have been sought by the appellant. On 21st July, 2008, 20th August, 2008, 5th - 2 - September 2008 and 15th September, 2008, time was prayed for, and we granted adjournment. We find no justifiable reason to grant any further adjournment. Prayer for adjournment is rejected. 2. We asked Mr. Kamla Kant Tiwari, Advocate to argue the appeal but he did not do so. Under the circumstances, appeal is dismissed for want of prosecution. R. M. Lodha, CJ. Kishore K. Mandal, J. Anil/