Arbind Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.496 of 2024 ====================================================== 1.

Arbind Kumar Son of Surendra Singh, Resident of Village- Dubhki, P.S.- Krishna Bram, District- Buxar.

2.

Om Prakash, Son of Anil Kumar, Resident of Village- Madaila, P.S.- Mehendiya, District- Arwal.

3.

Mithilesh Kumar Yadav, Son of Mahendra Yadav, Resident of Village- Selra, P.S- Jaynagar, District- Madhubani.

4.

Pramod Kumar, Son of Rajendra Prasad Yadav, Resident of VillageLosighani, P.S- Atri, District- Gaya. 5.

Sunil Kumar Singh, Son of Parasnath Singh, Resident of Village- Budhadih, P.S- Rajpur, District- Buxar.

6.

Anisha Kumari, Daughter of Uma Shankar Choudhary, Resident of VillageShokahra, 2 P.S.- Barauni, District- Beguasarai. 7.

Sangeeta Kumari, Daughter of Rajbalash Prasad, Resident of VillagePosawan, P.S- Garhani, District- Bhojpur. 8.

Anshu Kumari, Daughter of Late Parsuram Singh, Resident of VillageMaranchi, P.S- Maranchi, District- Patna. 9.

Mritunjay Kumar, Son of Bangali Prasad, Resident of Village- Dhanadihri, P.S.- Prasbigha, District- Jehanabad.

10.

Manoj Kumar Yadav, Son of Late Punitlal Yadav, Resident of Awas Board, Koshi College, P.S.- Muffasil, District- Khagaria. 11.

Smriti Kumari, Daughter of Balram Singh, Resident of Village- Barauni-3, P.S- Teghra, District- Begusarai.

12.

Sudhir Kumar, Son of Late Srikant Prasad, Resident of Near Bhagat Singh Chowk, Rajendra Nagar, P.S. and District- Nawada. 13.

Ahana Raj, Daughter of Sachchida Nand Singh, Resident of Village- Rahsa West, P.S- Bhagwanpur, District- Vaishali.

14.

Anita Kumari, Daughter of Awadhesh Singh, Resident of Village- Akorhi, P.S- Akorhi Gola, District- Rohtas.

15.

Dharmendra Kumar, Son of Kusum Lal Mandal, Resident of Village- Arga, P.S- Biraul, District- Darbhanga.

16.

Suman Kumari, Daughter of Shankar Singh, Resident of Village- Sultanpur, Alampur Chak Sultan, P.S. and District- Samastipur. ... ... 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.

Patna High Court CWJC No.496 of 2024(2) dt.15-02-2024 2/3 5.

The Superintendent of Police, Sitamarhi.

... ... 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-25 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

Patna High Court CWJC No.496 of 2024(2) dt.15-02-2024 3/3 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 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