Kaushal Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.6074 of 2020 ====================================================== 1.

Kaushal Kumar son of Late Rameshwar Prasad Singh working as clerk in Anchal office, at and P.S.- Amdaabd, District- Katihar. 2.

Yogesh Kumar son of Late Sakhichandra Ram working as clerk in District Disaster Management Section of Collectorate, at, P.S. and District- Katihar. 3.

Amaresh Kumar Rana son of Late Laxman Paswan working as clerk in District Revenue Section of Collectorate, at, P.S. and District- Katihar. 4.

Brajesh Kumar son of Late Jyotish Chandra Bosak working as clerk in Zila Panchayati Raj Office, at, P.S. and District- Katihar. 5.

Goutam Malakar son of Late Bashistha Malakar working as clerk in BDO Office, at and P.S.- Falka, District- Katihar.

6.

Gopal Prasad Yadav son of Late Laxmi Prasad Yadav working as clerk in Anchal Office, at and P.S.- Falka, District- Katihar. 7.

Md. Mujahir Islam son of Late Riyasat Hussain working as clerk in Treasury Office, at, P.S. and District- Katihar.

8.

Alok Kumar Mishra son of Late Prabhakar Mishra working as clerk in the office of Block Development Officer, at and P.S.- Amdabad, District- Katihar. 9.

Bipin Chandra Mandal son of Late Karam Chand Mandal working as clerk in District General Section of Collectorate, at, P.S. and District- Katihar. 10.

Divya Kumar son of Late Janardan Prasad Sharma working as clerk in District Election Office of Collectorate, at, P.S. and District- Katihar. 11.

Bipin Kumar son of Late Ganesh Prasad Mehta working as clerk in SDO Office, at and P.S.- Manihari, District- Katihar.

12.

Sanjeev Kumar son of Late Jagat Narayan Lal working as clerk in Block Office, at and P.S.- Hasanganj, District- Katihar.

13.

Pravin Kumar son of Late Maheshwar Prasad Sah working as clerk in Block Development Office, at and P.S.- Azamnagar, District- Katihar. 14.

Anjani Kumar Sinha son of Late Mahesh Prasad Sinha working as clerk in District Legal Section of Collectorate, at, P.S. and District- Katihar. 15.

Md. Ahtesham son of Late Md. Islam working as clerk in District Treasury Office, at, P.S. and District- Katihar.

16.

Md. Shamshed Alam son of Late Jamal working as clerk in Consolidation Office, at, P.S. and District- Katihar.

17.

Alakh Niranjan Jha son of Late Bimal Jha working as clerk in District General Section of Collectorate, at, P.S. and District- Katihar. 18.

Rajesh Khanna son of Late Sakhichand Mandal working as clerk in Block Office, at and P.S.- Korha, District- Katihar.

19.

Nilam Devi wife of Late Dinesh Kumar Mandal working as clerk in Circle Office, at, P.S. and District- Katihar.

20.

Krishna Kumar Bhargav son of Late Birendra Kumar Mandal working as clerk in District Welfare Office, at, P.S. and District- Katihar. 21.

Ishita Raj D/o Late Etwari Harijan working as Clerk in District Supply Section of Collectorate, at, P.S. and District- Katihar. 22.

Sariva Devi D/o Late Ambika Prasad Mandal working as clerk in District Record Room of Collectorate, at, P.S. and District- Katihar. 23.

Santosh Kumar Mandal son of Late Jagadish Prasad Mandal working as clerk in Circle Office, at and P.S.- Falka, District- Katihar. 24.

Nazil Shahi son of Late Md. Nazim working as clerk in Block Office, at and P.S.- Manihari, District- Katihar.

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Sanjay Kumar son of Late Birendra Kumar Keshri working as clerk BDO Office, at and P.S.- Azam Nagar, District- Katihar.

26.

Vikram Kumar son of Late Sachidanand Mandal working as clerk cum Nazir Block Office, at and P.S.- Barai, District- Katihar. 27.

Sanjeed Alam son of Late Majibur Rahman working as clerk in Circle Office, at and P.S.- Azamnagar, District- Katihar.

28.

Rajeev Kumar son of Late Prithvi Chand Ram working as clerk in S.D.O. Office, at and P.S.- Manihari, District- Katihar.

29.

Shankar Paswan son of Late Binodi Paswn working as clerk in Circle Office, at and P.S.- Korha, District- Katihar.

30.

Amitava Ray son of Late Dipak Kumar Ray working as clerk in B.D.O. Office, at and P.S.- Korha, District- Katihar.

31.

Anjarul Haque son of Late Ainul Haque working as clerk in Circle Office, at and P.S.- Manihari District- Katihar.

32.

Pappu Kumar Paswan son of Late Nagina Ram working as clerk in District Nazarat Section of Collectorate, at, P.S. and District- Katihar. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar through the District Magistrate, Katihar. 2.

The District Magistrate, Katihar.

3.

The Director, SC ST Welfare Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. 4.

The Director, Consolidation, Government of Bihar, Patna. 5.

The District Welfare Officer, Katihar.

... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Amaresh Kumar Singh, Advocate Mr. Dineshwar Pd. Singh, Advocate Mr. Omkar Kumar, Advocate For the Respondent/s :

Mr. Prashant Pratap (Gp2) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NANI TAGIA ORAL ORDER 09-04-2026 The petitioners, who have been appointed as Lower Division Clerks on compassionate ground after 20.12.2000, in the office of the District Magistrate, Katihar, and have been working as such since their respective dates of appointments, have filed this writ petition seeking a direction to the respondents to pay the scale of Rs. 4000-6000 in place of the current pay scale of Rs. 3050-4590.

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2. Learned counsel for the petitioners has fairly submitted that a similar issue has been examined by the Full Bench of this Court in the case of Ravi Shankar Kumar vs. The State of Bihar and analogous cases reported in 2025(4) PLJR 162, wherein, the Full Bench of this Hon'ble Court had disallowed the claim of such petitioners for the higher pay scale of Rs. 4000-6000 in place of the current pay scale Rs. 3050-4590.

3. Since the issue that has been raised in the present writ petition have been answered by the Full Bench of this Court in the case referred to hereinabove, this writ petition shall also stand disposed off in the light of decision rendered in the case of Ravi Shankar Kumar vs. The State of Bihar and analogous cases reported in 2025(4) PLJR 162, by the Full Bench of this Court declining the relief sought by the petitioners in the present writ petition.

(Nani Tagia, J) Siddharth Sagar/- U