Sharwan Kumar Yadav v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.2534 of 2026 ====================================================== 1.
Arbind Kumar son of Suresh Lal Yadav, resident of Village- Basdaha, P.O.- Mahamdia, P.S.- Dagarua, District- Purnia 2.
Ramsagar Kumar Raj Son of Ramchandra Sah, resident of VillageBahuarva, P.O.-Parsa, P.S. - Kishanpur, District- Supaul, Bihar 3.
Parvati Kumari Daughter of Sunil Chaudhari, resident of Village and P.O. Sarairanjan, P.S.- Sarairanjan, District- Samastipur, Bihar 4.
Vikash Kumar Chodhary son of Shiv Chodhary, resident of Ramjaypal Nagar, Arpana Bank Colony, Road No. 12B, P.S.- Rupaspur, Patna, Bihar 5.
Sudhanshu Kumar son of Ashok Prasad Singh, resident of Village and P.O.- Bijuliya, P.S.- Shamho, District- Begusarai, Bihar 6.
Niraj Kumar Sharma son of Surendra Sharma, resident of Village- Basti Sarasikan, P.O.- Kishunpur Telaur, P.S.- Kathara, District- Vaishali, Bihar 7.
Alok Kumar son of Amarendra Prasad Yadav, resident of Village- Tal Sehan, Post- Khaje Chand Chhapra, P.S.- Kathara, District-Vaishali, Bihar 8.
Arun Kumar son of Mahendra Bhagat, resident of Village- Tal Sehan, PostKhaje Chand Chhapra, P.S.- Kathara, District- Vaishali, Bihar 9.
Pintu Kumar son of Sunil Prasad, resident of Village- Bajrachak, P.O. and P.S. Katrisarai, District- Nalanda 10.
Diwakar Kumar son of Ramanand Singh, resident of Village and P.O.- Subhanpur, P.S.- Jairampur, District- Sheikhpura, Bihar 11.
Md. Akram son of Rafique Ahmad, resident of Village- Chauri, P.O.- Dhanchhuhan, P.S.- Chauri, District- Bhojpur, Bihar 12.
Saurav Suman son of Vinod Prasad, resident of Bazidpur, Ward No. 4, Behind Suleman Dargah, P.S.- Barh, District- Patna, Bihar 13.
Mukul Kumar son of Akhilesh Prasad Singh, resident of Village and Post Dewan, P.S.-Kadirganj, District- Patna, Bihar 14.
Sumitra Kumari daughter of Uday Singh, resident of Village- Gordiha, P.O.- Sansa, P.S.- Daudnagar, District- Aurangabad, Bihar ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
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The State of Bihar through Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Education, Bihar, Patna 2.
Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Education, Bihar, Patna 3.
The Chairman, Bihar School Examination Board, Sinha Library Road, Buddh Marg, Patna, Bihar- 800017 4.
The Secretary, Bihar School Examination Board, Sinha Library Road, Buddh Marg, Patna, Bihar-800017 5.
The Examination Controller, Bihar School Examination Board, Sinha Library Road, Buddh Marg, Patna, Bihar- 800017 ... ... Respondent/s ======================================================
Patna High Court CWJC No.2534 of 2026(2) dt.16-02-2026 2/3 Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Mrityunjay Kumar For the Respondent/s :
Mr.Government Pleader 11 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJIT KUMAR ORAL ORDER 16-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the parties.
2. The instant writ application has been filed for the following relief:- a) For issuance of a writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ/writs, order/orders, or direction/directions to the Respondent Board to consider the submission of the Objection Form raised by the Petitioner through Official Portal in Secondary Teacher Eligibility Test (STET)- 2025 conducted by Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB).
b) For a direction to Respondent Board to consider the Objection and rectify the anomalies in the evaluation process of the said test.
c) For a direction to Respondent Board to provide Revised Answer Key of the Petitioner after considering her Objection Form.
d) For further pass any other order/orders in shape of consequential relief to the Petitioner may be found to legally entitled to in the facts and circumstances of the instant case.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that despite the fact the respondent Bihar School Examination Board has released answer key of the STET-25 on official website of the Board on 24.11.2025 and allowed the candidates to raise objections through official website and in the light of the aforesaid instruction, the petitioners have downloaded their response/ objection from the official website categorically stating that they should be given more marks, till date no decision has been taken.
Patna High Court CWJC No.2534 of 2026(2) dt.16-02-2026 3/3
4. For redressal of the grievance, the petitioners have also submitted representation(s) before the Examination Controller, BSEB on 06.01.2026 to 08.01.2026 respectively, the copies of which have been marked as Annexure-P/6 to the instant writ petition, however, till date the respondent authorities are sitting tight over the matter.
5. Considering the grievances of the petitioner and taking note of the aforesaid facts that the objection of the petitioner have not been considered and brought to its logical conclusion, this Court deems it fit and proper to extend liberty to the petitioners to file fresh representation before the respondent no.5, preferably within a period of two weeks from today.
6. On filing such representation, the representation so filed by the petitioners, the concerned respondent shall pass a reasoned and speaking order dealing with the objection raised by the petitioners within a further period of four weeks.
7. With the aforesaid observation and direction, the writ application stands disposed of.
(Ajit Kumar, J) shikha/- U