Barun Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.2756 of 2020 ====================================================== Barun Kumar Son of Hira Lal Yadav, resident of village- Dumaria, Post Office- Manjhouni, Police Station- Rajoun, District- Banka ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar through its Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar, Patna 2.

Bihar Staff Selection Commission Patna-800014, through its Chairman, Government of Bihar, Patna, P.o.- Veterinary College, Patna-800014 3.

The Chairman, B.S.S.C., Patna Government of Bihar, Patna, P.o.- Veterinary College, Patna-800014 4.

The Secretary, B.S.S.C., Patna Government of Bihar, Patna, P.o.- Veterinary College, Patna-800014 ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Bijoy Kant Mishra, Advocate For the Respondent/s :

Mr. Manish Kumar (GP-4) For the BSSC :

Mr. S.S. Sundaram, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 14-09-2023 Heard the parties.

2. This application has been preferred for commanding the respondents authorities for adding the name of the petitioner in final list of driver selection for interview vide letter No. 2478/AA dated 27.09.2019 (Contained in Annexure-5) issued by the respondents authorities by issuing a writ or writs, direction or directions, order or orders.

3. It is the conviction of the learned Counsel for the petitioner that on the basis of the experience certificate, he should have been granted 25 marks and as he has qualified in the written examination, in the driving test he was entitled to be

Patna High Court CWJC No.2756 of 2020(2) dt.14-09-2023 2/2 called for. However, he kept on waiting and in the meantime, the process got concluded.

4. Mr. S.S. Sundaram, learned Counsel appearing for the Bihar Staff Selection Commission, on the other hand, submits that only because he qualified for the written examination and had 25 marks that cannot be the basis for his ultimate call for driving test/selection.

5. Further, he has all the right to seek information under Right to Information Act, now that the process is over, to ascertain actually where he stands in the selection process.

6. The writ petition stands disposed of with observation that if the petitioner gets hold of an information which is in line with his conviction/information that he should have been in the select list, he always has liberty to approach the Court with such information.

(Rajiv Roy, J) kiran/- U