IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.14201 of 2005 MANI KANT CHOUDHARY S/O TRIPTI NARAYAN CHOUDHARY R/O VILL- JAMSAM, PO+PS-PANDAUL, DISTT-MADHUBANI PRESENTING RESIDING AT MOHALLA NAYA TOLA, SUNDARPUR BELA PO- LAL BAGH H.O.,PS-DARBHANGA, POSTED AS JUNIOR ENGINEER (ESTIMATOR) MINOR IRRIGATION CIRCLE DARBHANGA, DISTT- DARBHANGA-----------PETITIONER Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH THE SECY. WATER RESOURCES (IRRIGATION) DEPATT. GOVT. OF BIHAR, PATNA 2. THE ENGINEER-IN-CHIEF-CUM-ADDL. COMMISSIONER-CUM- SPECIAL SECY. WATER RESOURCES (IRRIGATION) DEPTT, GOVT. OF BIHAR, PATNA 3. THE SECY. MINOR IRRIGATION DEPTT, GOVT. OF BIHAR, PATNA 4. THE DEPUTY SECY. MINOR IRRIGATION GOVT. OF BIHAR,PATNA 5. THE SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER, MINOR IRRIGATION CIRCLE DARBHANGA--------------------------RESPONDENTS. ----------- 7 13.9.2010 Heard learned counsel for the parties. The only reason why this Court is not willing to go into the nitty-gritty of the circumstances under which a tube well operator came to be appointed as a Junior Engineer by the erstwhile Water Development Corporation because of the fact that similarly situated other persons had walked way with the benefit of such an appointment on the basis of certain orders which came to be passed by the High Court in relation to similarly situated persons. Some of those orders have been brought on record as annexures- 18, 19 and 20. For the reasons given in those orders, the impugned order contained in annexure-16 dated 8.8.2008 is hereby quashed. The petitioner would be treated to be holding the post of Junior Engineer. This writ application is allowed. RPS (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.)