Seema Kumari v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.509 of 2024 ====================================================== 1.

Seema Kumari Wife of Prashant Kumar, Daughter of Sanjay Prasad Singh, Resident of Village-Basudeopur, P.S.-Kotwali, District-Munger. 2.

Bipin Kumar Yadav, Son of Parmeshwar Yadav, Resident of VillageBishanpur Aavi, P.S. Khanpur, District-Samastipur. 3.

Baby, Daughter of Bipin Bihari Tiwari, resident of Village-Gauhar Basant, P.S.-Garkha, District-Saran.

4.

Nipu Kumari, Daughter of Tameshwar Singh, Resident of Village-Karmaini Mohabbat, P.S.-Kuchaikote, District-Gopalganj. 5.

Manju Sinha, Daughter of Nirbhay Sinha, resident of Village Mandachh, P.S.-Noorsarai, District-Nalanda.

6.

Kumari Bharti Singh, Daughter of Dineshwar Singh, resident of VillageAtarsan, P.S. Rasulpur, District-Saran. 7.

Golu Kumari, Daughter of Vijaya Nand Tiwary, Resident of VillageMuzaffarpur, P.S. Kajimohammadpur, District-Muzaffarpur. 8.

Beauty Kumari, Daughter of Sunil Singh, Resident of Village Mustafapur, P.S.-Surajgarha, District-Lakhisarai.

9.

Sima Kumari, Daughter of Shobha Kant Jha, Resident of Village-Mishra Gangti, P.S. Thakur Gangti, District-Godda (Jharkhand). 10.

Amrita Kumari Singh, Daughter of Gajendra Singh, Resident of VillageSathaura, P.S. Jitna, District-East Champaran. 11.

Priyanka Kumari, Daughter of Pramod Bihari Prasad, Resident of Village Laxmipur Navtoliya, P.S.-LNMU Thana, District-Darbhanga. 12.

Rebi Kumari, Daughter of Ashok Kumar, Resident of Village Chhotki Amwan, P.S. Akbarpur, District-Nawada.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

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

2.

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

3.

The Director General of Police, Bihar, Patna. 4.

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

The Superintendent of Police, Saran, Bhagalpur. ... ... 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.

Patna High Court CWJC No.509 of 2024(2) dt.15-02-2024 2/3 Mr. Rishabh Gupta, Adv.

For the Respondent/s :

Mr. AC to AAG-5 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 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."

2.

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

Patna High Court CWJC No.509 of 2024(2) dt.15-02-2024 3/3 No. 3, for redressal of their aforesaid grievances. Liberty, so sought, is granted.

3.

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. 4.

The writ petition stands disposed off on the aforesaid terms.

(Mohit Kumar Shah, J) Ajay/- U