Ranjeet Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.494 of 2024 ====================================================== 1.

Ranjeet Kumar Son of Munni Yadav, Resident of village- Habipur, P.S.- Kako, District- Jehanabad.

Pradeep Prasad, Son of Late Rajendra Prasad, Resident of village- Singhia Makandpur, P.S- Gopalpur, District- Bhagalpur. Mritunjay Kumar, Son of Madheshwar Sharma, Resident of villageHasanpura, P.S- Sakurabad, District- Jehanabad. Vijay Chourasiya, Narayan Chourasiya, Resident of village- Baraipura, P.S.- Birpur, District- Begusarai.

5.

Sunil Singh, Son of Suresh Singh, Resident of village- Kalyanipur, P.S.- Chainpur, District- Kaimur at Bhabhua.

6.

Nand Kishore Roy, Son of Ramdeo Prasad Yadav, Resident of village- Sita Kund Dih, P.S.- Muffasil, District- Munger.

7.

Shailendra Kumar, Sadhu Sharan Singh, Resident of village- Manpursauli, P.S- Isuapur, District- Saran at Chapra.

8.

Chhotu Kumar, Chandrashekhar Singh, Resident of village- Madhavpur, P.SParbatta, District- Khagaria. 9.

Ran Vijay Singh, Son of Nagendra Singh, Resident of village- Paharpur, P.S.- Amnour, District- Saran.

10.

Arun Kumar Tiwari, Son of Indradev Tiwari, Resident of village- Padhouti, P.S- Karghar, District- Rohtas.

11.

Raj Mangal Singh, Vijay Singh, Resident of village Dhar Choli, P.SBhagwanpur, District- Kaimur. 12.

Om Prakash Singh, Son of Muni Singh, Resident of village- Bahera, P.S.- Tilouthu, District- Rohtas.

13.

Raj Kumar, Son of Shri Bhagwan Singh, Resident of village Badkalath, P.S.- Dinara, District- Rohtas.

14.

Mankesh Madhukar, Son of Diwakar Singh, Resident of village- Dhauri, P.S- Harpur, District- Munger.

15.

Amresh Kumar, Son of Ramashish Prasad, Resident of village- Kanchanpur, P.S- Anti, District- Gaya.

16.

Pankaj Kumar, Son of Arvind Sharma, Resident of village- Murasa, P.SKako, District- Jehanabad. 17.

Bhairav Mohan, Son of Janardan Prasad, Resident of village- Mohanpur, P.S.- Patori, District- Samastipur.

18.

Ratnesh Kumar, Purushottam Singh, Resident of village- Amnar, P.S.- Ekangarsarai, District- Nalanda.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar through the Additional Chief Secretary, Home Police Department, Government of Bihar, Patna.

Patna High Court CWJC No.494 of 2024(2) dt.15-02-2024 2/3 The Additional Chief Secretary, Home Police Department, Government of Bihar, Patna.

The Director General of Police, Bihar, Patna. The Chairman Central Selection Board of Constable, Bihar, Patna. 5.

The Superintendent of Police, Bhojpur.

... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Chitranjan Sinha, Sr. Adv.

Mr.Ranjeet Kumar, Adv.

Mr. Ayush Kumar, Adv.

Mr. Kanishk Kaustubh, Adv.

Mr. Shikhar Mani, Adv.

Mr. Rishabh Gupta, Adv.

For the Respondent/s :

Mr. AC to SC-21 For the CSBC :

Mr. Sanjay Pandey, Adv.

Mr. Binod Kumar Mishra, Adv.

Mr. Vivek Anand Amritesh, Adv.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MOHIT KUMAR SHAH ORAL ORDER 15-02-2024 The present writ petition has been filed seeking the following relief:- "1. For issuance of direction to the respondents authorities to grant seniority and all consequential benefits to the petitioners on the basis of their merit position in the redrawn merit list of the constable irrespective of their date of joining on the post of constable arising out of Advertisement No. 2 of 2009 issued by the Central Selection Board of Constable, Bihar, Patna for the post of constable, as several hundred candidates who had lesser marks were declared successful before the petitioners and they were allowed to join and the petitioners names were left out and their results were not

Patna High Court CWJC No.494 of 2024(2) dt.15-02-2024 3/3 published only because of the lapses on the part of the Central Selection Board of Constable and their results were published after several round of litigation before this Hon'ble Court."

At the outset, the learned Senior Counsel for the petitioners seeks liberty on behalf of the petitioners to approach the Director General of Police, Bihar, Patna, i.e. the Respondent No. 3, for redressal of their aforesaid grievances. Liberty, so sought, is granted.

It is needless to state that in case the petitioners approach the Respondent No. 3, by filing appropriate representation, within a period of two weeks from today, the same shall be disposed off, by a reasoned and a speaking order, in accordance with law, within a period of six weeks, thereafter. The writ petition stands disposed off on the aforesaid terms.

(Mohit Kumar Shah, J) Ajay/- U