W.P.No.1582 of 2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.1582 OF 2010 Bhalchandra s/o Namdeo Doke ..Petitioner Versus The Hon’ble Principal District & Sessions Judge, Beed ..Respondent Mr Hemant Surve, Advocate for petitioner Mr P.M.Shah, Senior Counsel for respondent CORAM : SMT. NISHITA MHATRE AND M.T. JOSHI DATE : 29th April 2011 PER COURT 1. The petitioner’s grievance was that the respondent had not permitted him to retain lien on his post as a Peon in the office of the Principal District and Sessions Judge, Beed. The petitioner had appeared for the examination conducted by the Maharashtra Public Service Commission and has been selected on a Clerical post. However, the respondent has not relieved the petitioner of the post of Peon by permitting him to retain his lien on this post. 2. Undisputedly, the lien which a Government servant can retain on his original post is for a period of one year. With the passage of time the grievance of the petitioner in the present petition does not survive. W.P.No.1582 of 2010 3. The issue as to whether the service of the petitioner with the respondent could be clubbed with his service in the new department for the purposes of pension will be considered in the light of the rules applicable. Petition dismissed as infructuous. ( M.T. JOSHI, J. ) ( SMT. NISHITA MHATRE, J. ) (vvr/1582.09wp)