Lalan Singh v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.3321 of 2017 ====================================================== Lalan Singh, Son of Late Bhagrashan Singh, resident of village - Supauli, P.O. Akshaywar Pipra, P.S. Barauli, District - Gopalganj ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar

2. The Principal Secretary, Education Department

3. The Director, Secondary Education, Education Department, Bihar, Patna

4. District Regional Deputy Director of Education, Saran Division, Chapra

5. The District Education Officer, Gopalganj ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Upendra Kumar Chaubey, Advocate For the State :

Mr. P.N.Sharma, AC to AG ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR UPADHYAY ORAL ORDER 05-12-2017 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State.

Counsel for the petitioner submits with reference to Annexure-4 of the writ petition that necessary documents have already been forwarded by the Headmaster of the school in question to the District Education Officer and now the matter is pending at the level of the District Education Officer. He submits that the writ petition may be disposed of with a direction to the respondents to take final decision in the matter of promotion of the petitioner in the light of the materials forwarded by the Headmaster of the school in question. In the aforesaid backdrop of the fact, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to take final

Patna High Court CWJC No.3321 of 2017(2) dt.05-12-2017 2/2 decision on the claim of the petitioner for grant of promotion expeditiously preferably within a period of sixty days from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. It is made clear that this court has not expressed any opinion on the merit of the claim of the petitioner. It is for the District Education Officer to look into the claim of the petitioner and decide the same on its own merit within the time frame as indicated hereinabove.

(Anil Kumar Upadhyay, J) spandey/- U