- (1.) 301. I.A. Nos. 2423-2425, 2971-2973, 2984-2986, 3040-3042, 3135-3136 & 3319-3322 in WP(C) No. 202 of 1995: These applications have been filed by the various saw mills, veneer industries and plywood industries of Bihar praying that the timber non-availability be not put against them while preparing the Seniority List as recommended by the CEC. They have also sought a direction for processing their applications for licence on the plea that they are only indulged in pasting of veneer and plywood, etc. When the matter came up for hearing this Court had directed the CEC to examine those matters and submit a report. Accordingly CEC submitted its report on 9/3/2012. We have perused the report and heard either side. CEC has made various observations/recommendations in the report which are extracted herein: 9. It was decided that the State of Bihar will review the process of the preparation of the provisional/final seniority list after considering the above said observations of the CEC and that the seniority list of the wood based industries falling in different categories will be made available to the CEC along with the relevant information. However, no information has so far been provided to the CEC, this issue was discussed by the CEC on 7.3.2012 with Mr. Gopal Singh, Standing Counsel for the state of Bihar and who has sought four weeks time for the preparation of the final seniority list. 10. In the above background it is submitted that the State of Bihar may be directed to take immediate action for preparation of the final Seniority list of the saw mills, veneer industries and plywood industries in the State of Bihar in a transparent manner and in conformity with the directions of this Hon'ble Court and after taking into consideration the observations made by the CEC as dealt with above.
(2.) We have noticed that in spite of the various orders passed by this Court on 18/8/2003, 7/12/2007 and 16/8/2010 reference of which has already been made in CEC report, no action has been taken by the State of Bihar to finalize the seniority list of wood-based industries, causing lot of inconvenience to the genuinely established wood-based industries. If proper Seniority List is prepared the parties would know where they are and they can act accordingly.
(3.) CEC has made various recommendations after hearing the representative of the State of Bihar. State of Bihar in principle has agreed to review the provisional seniority list taking note of the observations made by the CEC category wise, and be made available to the CEC. However, the State is yet to finalize the list.;