Ravish Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.2170 of 2024 ====================================================== Ravish Kumar Son of Lal Bahadur Singh, Resident of Village-Ward No.4, Balthar, P.S.- Gogari, District-Khagaria.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar through Director Agriculture Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna.

2.

The Secretary, Agriculture Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. 3.

The Joint Director (Agronomy), Munger Division, Munger. 4.

The District Magistrate, Khagaria.

5.

The District Magistrate, Lakhisarai.

6.

The District Agriculture Officer, Khagaria.

7.

The District Agriculture Officer, Lakhisarai. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Shovendra Kumar, Advocate For the Respondent/s :

Mr.Addl. Advocate General-4 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MOHIT KUMAR SHAH ORAL ORDER 07-03-2024 The present writ petition has been filed seeking the following relief:- "1. That this Mandamus Civil writ application is being filed for issuance of direction to the Respondent No. 3 the Joint Director (Agronomy), Munger Division, Munger as well as Respondent No. 7 the District Agriculture Officer, Lakhisarai for making payment of salary to the petitioner of working period from December 2019 to February 2020 and further from May 2020 to August 2020, total seven months which were stopped during Covid-19 on the ground, that he was present in the Office but has not performed his duty result of which three increments was

Patna High Court CWJC No.2170 of 2024(2) dt.07-03-2024 2/2 stopped, however, stoppage of increments has already been recalled vide Letter No. 1486 dated 23.09.2021."

2.

At the outset, the learned counsel for the petitioner seeks liberty on behalf of the petitioner to approach the respondent no. 3 i.e. the Joint Director (Agronomy), Munger Division, Munger for redressal of his aforesaid grievances. Liberty, so sought, is granted.

3.

It is needless to state that in case the petitioner approaches the respondent no. 3 i.e. the Joint Director (Agronomy), Munger Division, Munger, 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) S.Sb/- U