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2025 DAILYLAW 6505 (JHR)

KAPIL DEO THAKUR v. STATE OF JHARKHAND

WPC/739/2020 · 2025-03-10

Sri Ananda Sen

Public Interest Litigationbody2025

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI W.P.(S) No. 739 of 2020 1. Kapil Deo Thakur aged about 52 years Son of Late Fagu Thakur Resident of Village-Dhalbhumgarh P.O. & P.S. Dhalbhumgarh District Singhbhum (East). 2. Tribhuwan Pandit Aged about 54 years Son of Late Gulai Pandit, Resident of Village-Dahigoda P.O. & P.S. Ghatshila District Singhbhum (West). 3. Vijay Manki aged about 53 years son of late Umesh Manki Resident of Mohalla-Laldih P.O. & P.S. Ghatshila District Singhbhum (West) 4. Vijay Namta aged about 50 years son of Late Shamu Namta Resident of Mohalla-Laldih, P.O. & P.S. Ghatshila District Singhbhum(West). …..Petitioner(s) Versus 1. State of Jharkhand. 2. The Principal Secretary, Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Government of Jharkhand having its office at Nepal House, Doranda P.O. & P.S. Doranda District Ranchi. 3. The Engineer in Chief, Drinking Water and Sanitation Having its office at Doranda Near Doranda Police Station P.O. & P.S. Doranda District Ranchi. 4. The Superintending Engineer, Drinking Water & Sanitation Circle, Jamshedpur having its office at Adityapur P.O. & P.S. Adityapur District Seraikella -Kharsawan. 5. The Executive Engineer, Drinking Water & Sanitatin Division, Jamshedpur having its office at Adityapur P.O. & P.S. Adityapur District Seraikella- Kharsawan …..Respondent(s) ------ CORAM : SRI ANANDA SEN, J. ------ For the Petitioner(s): Mr. Sunil Kumar Sinha, Advocate. For the Respondents: Mr. Brij Bihari Sinha, Advocate ----- 07/10.03.2025: No one appears on behalf of the petitioner, however, I have gone through the writ petition and the counter affidavit. 2. In this writ petition, the petitioner has prayed to quash the order No. 88/Jamshedpur dated 6.12.2018 passed by the Executive Engineer, Drinking water and Sanitation Division, Jamshedpur by which the representation of the petitioners for regularization of their services in Class-IV posts has been rejected. 3. Further they have prayed for regularizing their services. 4. A counter-affidavit and a supplementary counter-affidavit has been filed. In the supplementary counter-affidavit filed by the State in paragraph no. 7, the respondent, State has accepted the fact that they have already regularized the service of the petitioners vide Letter No. 54 dated 07.11.2021. It is necessary to quote paragraph no. 7 of the supplementary counter-affidavit dated 17.05.2022. “That it is most humbly stated and submitted respectfully that grievance of the petitioner has already been redressed vide Office Order No. 12 dated 07.11.2020 wherein the petitioners service have been regularized and vide Letter No. 54 dated 07.11.2021 the petitioner regularization have been given effect to.” 5. Since the petitioners in this writ petition has already been regularized, this writ application is rendered infructuous. 6. Accordingly, the same is dismissed as withdrawn. (ANANDA SEN, J. ) Rashmi/-