JYOTI SARAN, J.

1. This appeal under Clause 10 of the High Court of Judicature at Patna arises from the judgment and order dated 19.5.2009 of the learned Single Judge passed in C.W.J.C. No. 6282/2009, whereby the writ petition was disposed of with a direction to the respondents to grant appointment to the petitioners in pursuance of the recommendation made in their favour and strictly in accordance with the Government directive dated 17.10.2008 which compliance had to be ensured within a maximum period of eight weeks of the receipt/production of a copy of the judgment.

2. Eight weeks has translated into almost a decade and yet direction has not seen the light of the day. The judgment and order of the learned Single Judge was passed on 19.5.2009 and it is after trying all possible lawful recourse available at the disposal of the respondents that it is ultimately after a gap of six years that this L.P.A. was filed on 12.8.2015 and has been admitted for hearing after condonation of delay vide order passed on 9.3.2017.

3. The facts leading to this appeal are in a very narrow compass. For the sake of convenience we shall be making reference to the party position as it occurred be