Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.

1. Since certain developments had taken place after the writ application was filed, amendment applications were required to be filed.

2. In view of the above, all the amendment applications filed after filing of the writ application stand allowed.

3. It is a long drawn battle spread over a decade now if not more. The present writ application is a sequel to the earlier writ application which was heard and disposed of vide order dated 1.8.1995 and the writ is CWJC No. 1375 of 1995.

4. Some of the facts, in brief, is that the petitioner was posted as a Superintending Engineer in the Water Resources Department and was associated or saddled with the responsibility of that post for a minor irrigation project which was going on in the district of Munger. It is known as Dakra Nala Irrigation Project. Somewhere the authorities sitting in Patna came to an opinion that the work being carried out and executed, which included award of contract and the follow up action thereafter, was not strictly within the norms laid down by the department in this regard. Petitioner came to be suspended, remained under suspension for a long time. He had occasion to come before