ITEM NO.104                   COURT NO.9            SECTION XVI

              S U P R E M E    C O U R T   O F    I N D I A
                            RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

                      CIVIL APPEAL NO(s). 7266 OF 2004

STATE OF BIHAR & ORS.                                 Appellant (s)

                   VERSUS

JAYAKANT MISHRA & ORS.                                Respondent(s)

Date: 30/09/2010    This Appeal was called on for hearing today.

CORAM :
          HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE B. SUDERSHAN REDDY
          HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURINDER SINGH NIJJAR


For Appellant(s)
                       Mr. Manish Kumar, Adv.
                       For Mr. Gopal Singh,Adv.

For Respondent(s)
                       Mr. Vijayendra Misra, Adv.
                       Mr. Anil Kumar Jha,Adv.


             UPON hearing counsel the Court made the following
                                 O R D E R

               This appeal is dismissed in terms of the signed
    order.




          (Sukhbir Paul Kaur)                       (Renuka Sadana)
             Court Master                             Court Master

                    (Signed Order is placed on the file)
                    IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
                    CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

                     CIVIL APPEAL NO.7266 OF 2004

STATE OF BIHAR & ORS.                                        Appellant(s)

                                 Versus

JAYAKANT MISHRA & ORS.                                       Respondent(s)

                                 O R D E R


          We have heard learned counsel for the parties.

          We do not find any infirmity whatsoever in the

impugned judgment requiring our interference.

          Be that as it may that 'Maithili' language by

virtue of the Constitution (Ninety-Second Amendment)

Act,   2003   has   been   included       as   Item    10    in   the   8 th

Schedule of the Constitution.

          In such view of the matter, the issue raised

in this appeal has become academic.

          In fact, it is brought to our notice that the

State of Bihar has withdrawn Civil Appeal Nos. 2203-

2208 of 2001 in which similar issue had arisen for

consideration       and    the    appeals       were        accordingly,

dismissed as withdrawn.

          We find no merit in this appeal and the same

is accordingly, dismissed.


                                           ....................J.
                                           (B.SUDERSHAN REDDY)



                                            ....................J.
                                           (SURINDER SINGH NIJJAR)
New Delhi,
September 30, 2010