Rahul Kumar Pandey v. The State Of Bihar, Through The Additional Chief Secretary,

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.5577 of 2026 ====================================================== 1.

Rahul Kumar Pandey Son of Shashi Bhushan Pandey Resident of Mohalla - Gouraiya Sthan, Ramkrishna Nagar, P.S. - Ramkrishna Nagar, DistrictPatna, Bihar. 2.

Diksha D/o Paras Nath Singh Resident of Village - Bakarpur, P.S. - Mahua, District- Vaishali, Bihar.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar, through the Additional Chief Secretary, Education Department, Govt. of Bihar,Patna.

2.

The Director, Primary Education, Government of Bihar, Patna. 3.

District Magistrate, Government of Bihar, Patna. 4.

The District Education Officer, Patna, Bihar. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Shashank Shekhar For the Respondent/s :

Mr.Government Pleader (5) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 27-04-2026 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the respondent-State.

2. With the consent of the parties, this writ application is being disposed of at this stage itself.

3. In the present writ application, the petitioners have prayed for grant of following relief:-, "For issuance of Writ in the nature of Mandamus or any other appropriate Writ, Order, direction, commanding the Respondent Authorities to take an immediate decision upon application/grievance filed by the Petitioners for

Patna High Court CWJC No.5577 of 2026(2) dt.27-04-2026 2/3 their transfer on the ground of distance within the district and allot them any of the school of their opted choices given on e-Shiksha Kosh Portal and redressed their raised grievance."

4. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that similar matters have been disposed of, vide order dated 29.01.2026 passed in CWJC No. 1251 of 2026, vide order dated 19.02.2026 passed in CWJC No. 2693 of 2026 and vide order dated 13.03.2026 passed in CWJC No. 2930 of 2026 and, accordingly, he prays that this case may also be disposed of in terms of those orders.

5. To the aforesaid prayer made by learned counsel for the petitioners, the learned counsel appearing for the respondent-State does not have any objection.

6. Considering the fact that similar matters have already been considered by this Court and disposed of, the details of which have been given in the aforementioned paragraph, the present writ application is disposed of in terms of those orders, and the petitioners are granted liberty to file separate fresh representations before the District Education Officer, Patna within 15 days from today. If such representations are filed within the stipulated time, the District Education Officer, Patna is directed to dispose of the same within a period

Patna High Court CWJC No.5577 of 2026(2) dt.27-04-2026 3/3 of one month from the date of receipt of the representations, after giving an opportunity of hearing to the petitioners.

7. Needless to emphasize that the final order, which shall be passed by the District Education Officer, Patna, should be a reasoned and speaking order.

8. It is further made clear that in case the petitioners are found entitled to the relief, which the petitioners would be seeking through the representations, the same should be extended to the petitioners within a period of 15 days from the date of passing of the final order by the District Education Officer, Patna.

9. With the aforesaid observation/direction and liberty granted, this writ application stands disposed of.

10. All pending interlocutory application(s), if any, shall also be deemed to have been disposed of. (Alok Kumar Sinha, J) HR/- U