IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.5457 of 1998 Shri Harish Chandra Prasad Versus The Union Of India & Ors ----------- 5 15-7-2011 Nobody appears on behalf of petitioner. Mr. J.P.Karn, Advocate appears for the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd., the successor in office of the concerned respondents. The order-sheet dated 23-4-2002 discloses that the writ petition was dismissed for want of prosecution as nobody appeared on that date to represent the petitioner. The case was restored but again the counsel has chosen not to appear. The facts disclose that on two occasions the petitioner failed to get any relief from the Central Administrative Tribunal, Patna Bench, Patna mainly on the ground that in fact he was challenging the gradation lists of 1976 and 1987. Since the challenge to the gradation list was found to affect others, he ought to have impleaded the persons likely to be affected but no private respondents were made parties either before the Tribunal or before this Court. It is not in dispute that petitioner superannuated in March, 1996 and O.A. No. 229 of 1997 which has been dismissed by the order impugned dated 6-5-1998 was filed in 2 1997. The issues have apparently become stale, the parties who may be affected by the gradation lists are not made parties to this proceeding and the fact that writ petitioner superannuated long ago may be the reason why he is not giving instruction leading to non-appearance of the counsel. In such circumstances, this Court has no option but to dismiss this writ petition. We order accordingly. Naresh ( Shiva Kirti Singh, J.) ( Shivaji Pandey, J )