S.J. Mukhopadhaya, J.

1. This writ petition has been preferred by the petitioners for a direction on the respondents to consider their cases for appointment in the light of Land Losers Scheme (Scheme for rehabilitation of displaced persons), their ancestral land (s) having been acquired in favour of the Bokaro Steel Plant, Bokaro. In support of such prayer, petitioners have relied on a Division Benchs decision of this Court dated 7th April 1998, rendered in the case of Steel Authority of India Ltd. v. Ganesh Mandal and Ors. LPA No. 161 of 1996 (R).

2. On the other hand, counsel for the respondents have relied on one of the paragraphs of a judgment, rendered by this Court in the case of Steel Authority of India Ltd., Bokaro Steel Plant, Bokaro v. Jamuna Prasad Mahto and Ors. , wherein, the respondents have brought to the notice of the Division Bench the fact that against 6000 posts for land losers (displaced persons), already 15000 appointments have been made. However, it appears that the Court has not given any finding in this regard and it is informed that the said judgment has been challenged by Jamuna Prasad Mahto and others. Before the Supreme Court, which is pending under