IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.779 of 1995 DR.SANTOSH KUMAR & ORS Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 7 18.8.2008 This writ petition has been filed for a direction to the respondents to fill up the backlog vacancies 1106 (570 + 536) in numbers of scheduled caste / scheduled tribes candidates up to 1990 on the posts of Civil Assistant Surgeons. The counter affidavit filed in this case indicates that the State Government had advertised for filling up the posts in accordance with the requisitions made by Health Department vide letter no. 427 (2), dated 26.5.1994. The Health Department had intimated a vacancy of 644 posts of Assistant Civil Surgeon. It appears that the vacancies by now have been filled up and this writ petition has become infructuous with lapse of time. This writ petition is accordingly dismissed as infructuous. haque (Sheema Ali Khan, J.)