IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA MJC No.3177 of 2007 GUPTESHWAR SINGH & ANR . Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS . ----------- 3 28.9.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Government Advocate No.5 appearing for the State. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the stand of the opposite parties based upon Annexure-E to their show-cause which is a letter from Chief Engineer (Mechanical), Public Health Engineering Department, Government of Bihar, dated 17.07.2007, runs contrary to the Division Bench judgment contained in Annexure-1 to the Contempt Petition and therefore the opposite parties should be punished for contempt. A perusal of Annexure-E as well as contents of paragraph 8(c) of the Division Bench judgment shows that the Division Bench had indicated the submissions advanced by learned Additional Advocate General-2, in respect of policy for finalizing inter se seniority of employees claiming regularization. Initially the principle for such seniority was different but Annexure-E discloses that in the light of orders passed by this court in writ jurisdiction as well as in contempt jurisdiction the policy for fixing the seniority was again formulated by the Personnel Department, Government of Bihar. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that 2 the opposite parties have committed error in reading the judgments and directions and the revised policy is not in accordance with law. We are not inclined to decide the issues being raised by learned counsel for the petitioner in contempt jurisdiction. However, we are convinced that there is no deliberate disregard of Division Bench judgment contained in Annexure-1. Hence, the contempt application is disposed of finally with liberty to the petitioner that if he is so advised he may raise all his grievances and seek appropriate remedy through appropriate proceeding in accordance with law. PN (Shiva Kirti Singh, J.) ( Hemant Kumar Srivastava, J.)