Pranav Kumar Prabhakar And ANR v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.17854 of 2017 ===========================================================

1. Pranav Kumar Prabhakar, S/o Sri Mahendra Prasad Rajak, Resident of VillageKolhajpatti, Police Station- Murliganj, District- Madhepura, Bihar.

2. Pranav Kumar, S/o Sri Ramanuj Kumar Singh, Resident of House No.-72, Kajhwan, P.O.- Aranda, P.S.- Obra, District- Aurangabad, Bihar. .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Department of Mines and Geology, Government of Bihar, Patna.

2. The Principal Secretary, Department of Mines and Geology, Government of Bihar, Patna.

3. The Special Secretary, Department of Mines and Geology, Government of Bihar, Patna.

4. Bihar Public Service Commission, Patna through its Secretary, 15- Jawahar Lal Nehru Road (Bailey Road), Patna- 800001.

5. The Special Secretary -cum- Examination Controller, Bihar Public Service Commission, 15- Jawahar Lal Nehru Road (Bailey Road), Patna- 800001. .... .... Respondent/s =========================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Avinash Kumar, Adv. For the Respondent/s : Mr. K.K. JHA - AAG-8 For the Respondent-BPSC : Mr. Sanjay Pandey, Adv. =========================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JYOTI SARAN ORAL JUDGMENT Date: 19-12-2017 Heard the parties.

The writ petition was filed for a direction to the respondent authorities including the Mines and Geology Department as also the Bihar Public Service Commission to consider the candidature of the petitioners on their qualification as M.Tech in Applied Geology which admittedly is not one of the subject(s) prescribed in the advertisement.

The issue raised was noted and time was granted to the learned counsel appearing for the Mining Department as well as the

Patna High Court CWJC No.17854 of 2017 dt.19-12-2017 Bihar Public Service Commission to seek instructions and when a counter affidavit is filed on behalf of the State in its Mines and Geology Department which encloses a letter dated 7.12.2017 of the Under Secretary, Mines and Geology Department addressed to the Secretary, Bihar Public Service Commission communicating the approval of candidature of the applicants holding degree in M.Tech. (Applied Geology), M.Tech in Geological Technology, M.Sc. in Applied Geology and Geo Informatics as well as M.Sc. (Geology Science).

The advisory issued by the Mines Department to the Bihar Public Service Commission in expanding the qualification(s) prescribed which includes the qualification possessed by the petitioners, satisfies them and the writ petition is disposed of accordingly.

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