{"id":164390,"date":"2010-10-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-30T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/uma-kant-singh-vs-the-state-of-bihar-amp-ors-on-1-october-2010"},"modified":"2016-01-16T01:29:55","modified_gmt":"2016-01-15T19:59:55","slug":"uma-kant-singh-vs-the-state-of-bihar-amp-ors-on-1-october-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/uma-kant-singh-vs-the-state-of-bihar-amp-ors-on-1-october-2010","title":{"rendered":"Uma Kant Singh vs The State Of Bihar &amp;Amp; Ors on 1 October, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Patna High Court &#8211; Orders<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Uma Kant Singh vs The State Of Bihar &amp;Amp; Ors on 1 October, 2010<\/div>\n<pre>                          IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA\n                                             CWJC No.12887 of 2003\n                     UMA KANT SINGH son of late Praduman Pd. Singh, resident\n                     of village Madrauni, P.S. Gopalpur, District Bhagalpur at present\n                     working as Head Master, Guru Nanak Girls High School, Guru\n                     Bazar, Katihar.\n                                                        Versus\n              1.   THE STATE OF BIHAR\n              2.   Director, Secondary Education, Govt. of Bihar, Patna.\n              3.   Regional Deputy Director, Secondary Education, Govt. of Bihar, Kosi\n                   Commissionery, Saharsa.\n              4.   The District Education Officer, Madhepura.\n              5.   Sikandar Chaudhary son of late Govind Choudhary, resident of village Tetari\n                   P.S. Naugachia, district Bhagalpur at present working as Headmaster,\n                   Ayodhyaganj High School, Kurshela, Katihar.\n                                                      -----------\n<\/pre>\n<p>3     1.10.2010                      No one appears for the petitioner. Counsel for the<\/p>\n<p>                         State is present.\n<\/p>\n<p>                                     The issue of inter-se seniority with the petitioner vis-\u00e0-<\/p>\n<p>                         vis respondent no.5 as raised in this writ application seems to have<\/p>\n<p>                         now become academic in view of the fact that the petitioner has<\/p>\n<p>                         already retired from service.\n<\/p>\n<p>                                     That being so, this application is dismissed having<\/p>\n<p>                         become infructuous.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<pre>Abhay Kumar                                                    ( Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patna High Court &#8211; Orders Uma Kant Singh vs The State Of Bihar &amp;Amp; Ors on 1 October, 2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.12887 of 2003 UMA KANT SINGH son of late Praduman Pd. 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