, J.

1. Heard Mr. Shrawan Kuma for the petitioner, Mr. Kalika Nand Jha for respondent No. 1, Mr. Prabhakar Tekriwal for respondent Nos. 2 to 5, Mr. Jagannath Singh for respondent No. 6, and Mr. J.P. Karn for responden; No. 7. This writ petition seeks the following reliefs:

(i) To quash the show-cause notice dated 12.12.2005 (Annexure 13);

(ii) To quash the charge-sheet dated 29.5.2005 (Annexure 17);

(iii) To set aside the order dated 21.8.2009 (Annexure 21), passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Patna Bench, Patna, in OA No. 395 of 2009.

2. Before we proceed further, we would like to deal with I.A. No. 139 of 2010. In view of the order dated 14.10.2009, passed in the present writ petition, and on a reconsideration of the matter, the State Government altered/abandoned the earlier charge-sheet dated 29.5.2009 (Annexure 17), and has substituted the same by the present charge-sheet dated 15.12.2009 (Annexure D). In other words, the petitioner is now required to answer the charges contained in Annexure-D. This interlocutory application has, therefore, been filed for permission to amend the writ petition accordingly, with the further permission to challenge the validity