CIVIL WRIT JURISDICTION CASE No.8697 OF 1992 ----- In the matter of an application under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India ----- 1. VIJAY KUMAR CHAURASIA S/O LATE RAMESHWAR PRASAD CHAURASIA, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE MANOHARPUR, P.O. SAHJADPUR, P.S. NATHNAGAR, DIST. BHAGALPUR. 2. KARELAL YADAV SON OF LATE RAMPRUP YADAV RESIDENT OF VILLAGE MIRJAPUR, NAYA TOLA, P.O. NATHNAGAR, P.S. NATHNAGAR, DIST. BHAGALPUR. 3. NIRMAL KUMAR SON OF MUNI PRASAD YADAV RESIDENT OF VILLAGE GOSAIDASPUR, P.O. CHAMPANAGAR, P.S. NATHNAGAR, DIST. BHAGALPUR. 4. RAVI BHUSHAN KUMAR SON OF MAHENDRA PRASAD YADAV, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE GOSAIDASPUR, P.O. CHAMPANAGAR, P.S. NATHNAGAR, DIST. BHAGALPUR. 5. SMT. BHAGWATI JHA WIFE OF DR. MADHUSUDAN JHA, RESIDENT OF MOHALLA SIYAPUR, P.O. NATHNAGAR. P.S. NATHNAGAR, DIST. BHAGALPUR. 6. VIKASH PANDEY SON OF LATE GOPAL CHANDRA PANDEY, RESIDENT OF MOHALLA CHAMPANAGAR, P.O. CHAMPANAGAR, P.S. NATHNAGAR, DIST. BHAGALPUR. 7. SANKAR DEO MISHRA, SON OF LATE BINDESHWARI MISHRA RESIDENT OF VILLAGE SULTANGANJ, P.S. SULTANGANJ, DIST. BHAGALPUR. ----- PETITIONERS Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. BIHAR INTERMEDIATE EDUCATION COUNCIL THROUGH ITS CHAIRMAN 3. SECRETARY, BIHAR INTERMEDIATE EDUCATION COUNCIL, PATNA 4. PRINCIPAL, MAUJILAL JHA COLLEGE, CHAMPANAGAR AT BHAGALPUR. 5. THE GOVERNING BODY OF MAUJILAL JHA COLLEGE, CHAMPANAGAR, AT BHAGALPUR. ------ RESPONDENTS -------- For the Petitioners : ASHOK KUMAR CHAUDHARY, ADVOCATE For the Respondents: MR. SHASHI BHUSHAN KUMAR, SC 16 For the Respondent Nos. 2 & 3 : MR. GIRIJESH KUMAR, ADVOCATE. ------- P R E S E N T THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR KUMAR KATRIAR THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KISHORE KUMAR MANDAL *** S. K. Katriar & K. K.Mandal,JJ The petitioners seek a direction to the respondent authorities to regularize their services on the posts they have been 2 appointed ten years prior to the institution of the writ petition in Maujilal Jha Intermediate College, Champanagar (Bhagalpur). The appointment letters are on record. It appears to us on a perusal of the materials on record that the petitioners had been so appointed by the governing body of the college. Such bodies are not “State” within the meaning of the constitution of India. Therefore, the writ petition is not maintainable against them. It is accordingly dismissed. Patna High Court, Dated 19th January, 2010, Sym/ (S.K.Katriar,J.) (Kishore K. Mandal, J.)