Vimal Kumar Jha And ORS v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.8821 of 2018 ======================================================

1. Vimal Kumar Jha, S/o Late Ramanand Jha, working as Clerk, Marwari Pathshala, Katihar, P.S. & Town+ District- Katihar.

2. Chandra Shekhar Saha, S/o Late Umesh Chandra Sah, working as Clerk, High School, Telta, P.S.- Telta, District- Katihar.

3. Ravindra Nath Thakur, S/o Late Ganesh Prasad Thakur, working as Clerk, Marwari Pathshala, P.S.+ Town & District- Katihar.

4. Kamal Jeet Kumar Jha, S/o Late Vivekanand Jha, working as Clerk, Durga Prasad High School, Durga Gang, At+ P.S. Kadwa, Katihar.

5. Uttam Kumar Singh, Son of Late Bijendra Nath Singh, working as Clerk, A.L. High School, Sonali, P.S. Kadwa, District- Katihar.

6. Chandan Kumar Chaudhary, S/o Late Bindeshwari Prasad Chaudhary, working as Clerk, Rajendra High School, Dhanpara, P.S. Mansahi, District Katihar.

7. Md. Jahangir Alam, Son of Late Najmul Haque, working as Clerk, High School, Malnapur, P.S. Kadwa, District Katihar.

8. Kumar Harshwardhan, Son of Late Akhilesh Kumar Mandal, working as Clerk, Maheshwari Academy, at+ P.S. and District- Katihar.

9. Bhola Prasad Mahto, Son of Late Gauri Shankar Mahto, working as Clerk, Marwari Pathshala, Katihar, P.S.& District- Katihar.

10. Arjun Kumar Yadav, S/o Late Ramawatar Yadav, working as Clerk, Hemchandra High School, Hemkung, P.S.- Manihari, District- Katihar.

11. Md. Shaheed Amin, Son of Late Ruhul Amin, working as Clerk, Project High School, Barsoi, P.S.- Barsoi, Disrict- Katihar.

12. Govind Das, Son of Late Kedar Nath Das, working as Clerk, Project Girls High School, Kumhari, P.S.- Kadwa, District- Katihar.

13. Yugmpad Gosar, Son of Late Suraj Narayan Ravidas, working as Clerk, Project Girls High School, Korha, P.S. Korha, District- Katihar.

14. Akhileshwar Jha, Son of Late Deveshwar Jha, working as Clerk, MLM High School, Bastaul, P.S. Pranpur, District Katihar.

15. Md. Shahnawaz, S/o Late Abdur Rashid, working as Clerk, Project Girls High School, Aajamnagar, P.S.- Ajam Nagar, Katihar.

16. Vikash Kumar, Son of Late Pramod Narayan Yadav, working as Clerk, Project Girls High School, Amdawad at and P.S. and Post- Amdawad, District- Katihar.

17. Hari Prasad, Son of Late Nandu Mandal, working as Clerk, High School Kumaripur, P.S. Manihari, District- Katihar.

18. Ali Shadab Ahmad, Son of Late Manjar Alam, working as Clerk +2 Maheshwari Academy, at+ P.S. and District- Katihar.

19. Sudarshan Thakur, Son of Late Ayodhya Thakur, working as Clerk, +2 Marwari Pathshala, at+ P.S. and District- Katihar.

20. Manoranjan Kumar Jha, Son of Late Pulkit Jha, working as Clerk, H.K. High School Jotram Roy, P.S.- Barari, District Katihar.

21. Ghanshyam Kumar, Son of Late Wakil Poddar, working as Clerk, Lahru Smarak High School Nawabganj, P.S.- Mahihari, District Katihar. .... .... Petitioners

Versus

1. The State of Bihar through the Chief Secretary, Govt. of Bihar, Patna.

Patna High Court CWJC No.8821 of 2018 (3) dt.23-07-2018 2/3

2. The Principal Secretary, Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms, Govt. of Bihar, Patna.

3. The Principal Secretary, Department of Education, Government of Bihar, Patna.

4. The Regional Deputy Director of Education, Purnea.

5. The District Education Officer, Katihar.

.... .... Respondents ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioners : Mr. Amaresh Kumar Singh and Mr. Sushil Kumar Ray, Advocates.

For the Respondents : Mr. Pramod Kumar Singh, A.C. to S.C. 16. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 23-07-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the respondents.

The following reliefs have been sought for by the petitioners in the present writ application.

"1. That this is an application for issuance of appropriate writ (s), order(s), direction(s) for payment of current and arrear of salary in revised scale i.e., Rs.

4000-6000 in place of current pay scale Rs. 3050-4500 to the petitioners from the date of joining in the light of order passed by Hon'ble High Court in C.W.J.C. No.

3353 of 2018 and L.P.A. No. 167 of 2016 and also consequential benefit."

It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the case of the petitioners is squarely covered by the order passed by another co-ordinate Bench of this Court in C.W.J.C. No. 3353 of 2018 dated 27.02.2018 and L.P.A. No. 167 of 2016 dated 23.06.2017.

The respondent no. 3, the Principal Secretary,

Patna High Court CWJC No.8821 of 2018 (3) dt.23-07-2018 3/3 Department of Education, Government of Bihar, Patna, is directed to examine the case of the petitioners in light of the order passed in C.W.J.C. No. 3353 of 2018 dated 27.02.2018 and L.P. A. No. 167 of 2016 dated 23.06.2017 and pass an appropriate order in accordance with law within a period of three months from the date of receipt/production of copy of this order.

With the aforesaid observations and directions, the present writ application stands disposed of.

U.K./- (Sudhir Singh, J) U