Ajay Kumar And ORS v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.11548 of 2018 ====================================================== 1.

Ajay Kumar Son of Nagendra Singh, Resident of Village- Sondiha, P.O.- Guraru, District- Gaya, Pincode- 824118.

2.

Rahul Kumar Raushan, Son of Birendra Kumar, Resident of Basantpur, P.S.- Shankarpur, District- Madhepura.

3.

Ravi Shankar, Son of Ram Lakhan Prasad, Resident of Narouli, P.O.- Lound, P.S.- Sirdala, District- Nawada.

4.

Amrendra Kumar Singh, Son of Ajit Kumar Singh, Resident of VillageRajpur, P.S.- Mali, District- Aurangabad. 5.

Shshi Bhushan Kumar, Son of Ayodhya Singh, Resident of VillageMangrawn, P.S.- Kachchhawan, District- Rohtas. 6.

Rohit Kumar, Son of Heera Prasad, Resident of Judge Bazar, Bihiya, P.O.- Bihiya, District- Bhojpur.

7.

Prem Chand, Son of Durga Prasad, Resident of Kazipur near Nayatola, P.O.- Bankipur, P.S.- Kadamkuan, District- Patna.

8.

Arun Kumar Paswan, Son of Late Hari Charan Paswan, Resident of Observation Centre, Central Jail Campus, Gaya. 9.

Deergh Raj, Son of Late Raghubansh Prasad, Resident of Observation Home, Near D.T.O. Office, Chak Rasulpur, Biharsharif Nalanda. 10.

Dazy Kumari, Wife of Dr. Akhilesh Kumar, Resident of Village- Paranpur, P.O.- Sonma, P.S.- Bakhari, District- Begusarai. 11.

Shashi Kant Singh, Son of Ram Rekha Singh, Resident of Road No.24, Rajiv Nagar, Patna.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State Of Bihar 2.

The Principle Secretary, Social Welfare Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 3.

The Director, Social Welfare Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 4.

The Principle Secretary, Finance Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 5.

The Member Secretary, 7th Pay Commission-cum-Secretary Expenditure, Finance Department, Bihar, Pat ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Praveen Ranjan, Adv.

For the Respondent/s :

Mr. Md.Raisul Haque -SC10 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DR. ANSHUMAN ORAL ORDER 19-02-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State.

Patna High Court CWJC No.11548 of 2018(3) dt.19-02-2024 2/2

2. The present writ petition has been filed for consideration of correct fixation of pay of the petitioners as per their entitlement on higher Grade Pay i.e., Pay band 2 (930034800) with Grade Pay of 5400/-.

3. Counsel for the State raised preliminary objection that the matter which has been raised here, is the subject matter of The Bihar Government Servant Grievance Redressal Rules, 2019, and therefore, this writ petition may be disposed off granting liberty to the petitioner to raise their grievances under the said rules before the Bihar Government Servant Grievance Redressal Officer.

4. Accordingly, the present writ application is hereby disposed off directing the petitioners to avail remedy under The Bihar Government Servant Grievance Redressal Rules, 2019 within 30 days from the date of production of the order and the concerned authorities shall decide this matter within the statutory period mentioned in the said rule.

(Dr. Anshuman, J.) Prakashmani/- U