Bharat Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.1863 of 2025 ====================================================== Bharat Singh Son of Rambilash Singh Resident of Village-Mehta Colony Kanchan Nagar Malighat Chawk, District-Muzaffarpur. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Education Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna.

2.

The Principal Secretary, Education Department, Govt. of Bihar, Vikash Bhawan, Patna.

3.

Jai Prakash University, Chapra, through its Registrar, PS and Distt- Saran. 4.

The Vice-Chancellor, Jai Prakash University, PS and Distt- Saran, Chapra. 5.

The Registrar, Jai Prakash University, PS and Distt- Saran, Chapra. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Shubh Narain Singh, Adv.

For the J.P.U.

:

Mr. Chandan Kumar, Adv.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJIT KUMAR ORAL ORDER 11-09-2025 Heard Mr. Shubh Narain Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Bajrangi Lal, learned counsel for the University.

2. The present writ petition has been filed for direction to the respondents concerned for payment of retirement benefits and other consequential benefits relating to compound interest of Group Insurance.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was appointed as Lecturer in Economics on 11.01.1980 by the competent authority, on the basis of the appointment letter issued, the petitioner submitted his joining against the said post on same day in D.A.V. College, Siwan

Patna High Court CWJC No.1863 of 2025(2) dt.11-09-2025 2/3 under Bihar University, Muzaffarpur. It has next been submitted that the petitioner was promoted as Reader on 11.01.1980 and retired from the post of Reader on 31.07.2017 from the J.P. University, Chapra. The petitioner has filed several representations before the respondent with regard to payment of group insurance with compound interest @ 12 1⁄2 %, amounting to Rs. 3,74,589/-.

4. Petitioner has appended various orders of this Court, wherein the Coordinate Bench including this Court has directed the Registrar of the University to take final decision in the matters, where such retiral benefits, mentioned by the petitioner in the relief portion, has not been extended in his favour.

5. In order to buttress, the petitioner at this stage, submits that his case may also be directed to be considered in light of the orders passed in CWJC No. 16318 of 2008, vide order dated 23.12.2014, CWJC No. 11955 of 2022, vide order dated 10.05.2023 and CWJC No. 11135 of 2024 vide order dated 22.10.2024, in which the Coordinate Bench of this Hon'ble Court has directed the respondents authorities to take steps by deciding the case of the petitioner in the light of the Judgment rendered in Professor Surendra Bahadur Singh Vrs.

Patna High Court CWJC No.1863 of 2025(2) dt.11-09-2025 3/3 State of Bihar and analogous cases, reported in 2006(4) PLJR 369.

6. Learned counsel for the University endorses the submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner and submits that his case may also be directed to be considered strictly in consonance with the orders passed by the aforesaid Co-ordinate Benches of this Court as discussed above.

7. Accordingly, the petitioner is directed to file a representation along with the orders of Co-ordinate Benches as discussed above, before the respondents concerned within a period of two weeks from the date of passing of this order.

8. If such representation is filed by the petitioner before the Respondent concerned, the same shall be considered within a period of eight weeks from the date of submission of the representation and the benefits so accruing to the petitioner be extended to him within a further period of four weeks from the date of such decision taken in this regard.

9. The present writ application stands disposed of in terms thereof.

(Ajit Kumar, J) pravinkumar/- U