Roshan Kumar Jha And ORS v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.22967 of 2013 ======================================================

1. Roshan Kumar Jha Son Of Nav Kant Jha Resident Of Village + P.O. Panchgachhiya ( Tipiya Tola ), P.S. Bihra, District - Saharsa

2. Niranjan Kumar Jha Son Of Triloki Nath Jha Resident Of Village + P.O. Panchgachhiya ( Madhya Tola ), P.S. Bihra, District - Saharsa

3. Prashant Kumar Jha Son Of Shri Shivkant Jha Resident Of Village + P.O. Panchgachhiya ( Madhyatola ), P.S. Bihra, District - Saharsa

4. Aswini Kumar Jha Son Of Shri Gunanand Jha Resident Of Village + P.O. Bara Via Panchgachhiya, P.S. Bihra, District - Saharsa

5. Shivchandra Singh Son Of Shri Bhushan Prasad Singh Resident Of Village + P.O. Panchgachhiya, P.S. Bihra, District - Saharsa

6. Ajay Kumar Singh Son Of Late Kunwar Singh Resident Of Village + P.O. Bihra, P.S. Bihra, District - Saharsa

7. Manoj Sharma Son Of Shri Tetar Sharma Resident Of Village + P.O. Panchgachhiya ( Tipiya Tola ), P.S. Bihra, District - Saharsa

8. Vishwajit Kumar Chhotu Son Of Shri Vinay Kumar Deo Resident Of Village + P.O. Bihra, P.S. Bihra, District - Saharsa

9. Ritu Kumari Wife Of Suraj Kumar Singh Resident Of Village - Patori, P.O. Panchgachhiya, P.S. Bihra, District - Saharsa

10. Chandan Kumar Kamat Son Of Shri Triveni Kamat Resident Of Village + P.O. Sihaul, P.S. Bihra, District - Saharsa

11. Amit Kumar Mishra Son Of Shivkant Mishra Resident Of Village + P.O. Bihra, P.S. Bihra, District - Saharsa

12. Kumari Pratibha Daughter Of Shri Babu Sahab Jha Resident Of Village + P.O. Mohanpur, P.S. Nauhatta, District - Saharsa

13. Sushil Kumar Son Of Shri Deo Narayan Yadav Resident Of Village - Uchhahi Nagar, Kahra, Ward No.6, P.S. + District - Saharsa

14. Raj Mohan Singh Son Of Shri Badri Narayan Singh Resident Of Village - Lahuar, P.O. Telhar, P.S. Mahishi, District - Saharsa

15. Pravin Ranjan Son Of Shri Jagannath Thakur Resident Of Village + P.O. Panchgachhiya ( Madhyatola ), P.S. Bihra, District - Saharsa

16. Santosh Kumar Son Of Shri Pawan Pandey Resident Of Village + P.O. Bihra, P.S. Bihra, District - Saharsa

17. Martend Son Of Shri Shambhunath Jha Resident Of Village + P.O. Bangaon, P.S. Bangaon, District - Saharsa

18. Prabhat Kumar Son Of Shri Shivshankar Sah Resident Of Village + P.O. Bihra, P.S. Bihra, District - Saharsa

19. Swati Kumari Wife Of Kanchan Kumar Resident Of Village - Patori, P.O. Panchgachhiya, P.S. Bihra, District - Saharsa

20. Shyam Chaudhary Son Of Shivshankar Chaudhary Resident Of Village - Patori, P.O. Panchgachhiya, P.S. Bihra, District - Saharsa

21. Md. Firoz Son Of Md. Khokhay Mian Resident Of Village + P.O. Sihaul, P.S. Bihra, District - Saharsa

22. Rahul Kumar Sah Son Of Shri Jagdish Sah Resident Of Village + P.O. Bihra, P.S. Bihra, District - Saharsa

23. Pankaj Kumar Son Of Shri Madan Yadav Resident Of Village - Bhagwanpur, P.O. Samda, P.S. Saur Bazar, District - Saharsa

24. Ashutosh Kumar Son Of Shri Shambhu Prasad Singh Resident Of Mohalla - New Colony, Ward No. 9, P.S. + District - Saharsa

25. Rupa Rani Wife Of Rakesh Kumar Singh Resident Of Mohalla - New Colony, Ward No. 9, Maina Niwas, P.S. + District - Saharsa

26. Sanjay Kumar Sharma Son Of Dinesh Chandra Sharma Resident Of Village - Balhadih, P.O. Gadhiya, P.S. Bangaon, District - Saharsa

27. Kirtika Kashyap Son Of Kishore Kumar Resident Of Village + P.O. Rahua Tulsiyahi, P.S. Bihra, District - Saharsa

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28. Rajeev Kumar Sharma Son Of Dinesh Chandra Sharma Resident Of Village - Balhadih, P.O. Gadhiya, P.S. Bangaon, District - Saharsa

29. Mankhush Sharma Son Of Upendra Sharma Resident Of Village + Padari, P.S. Bangaon, District - Saharsa

30. Ishwar Chandra Kumar Son Of Shaligram Bhagat Resident Of Village + P.O. Kopadiya, P.S. Salkhua, District - Saharsa

31. Manish Kumar Son Of Shri Brahmdeo Khan Resident Of Village + P.O. Padari, P.S. Bangaon, District - Saharsa

32. Vikash Kumar Sharma Son Of Ramesh Sharma Resident Of Village + P.O. Sihaul, P.S. Bihra, District - Saharsa .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State Of Bihar Through The Principal Secretary, Department Of Education, Government Of Bihar, Patna

2. The Special Secretary, Department Of Education, Government Of Bihar, Patna

3. The Director, Department Of Primary Education, Government Of Bihar, Patna

4. The Regional Deputy Director Of Education, Koshi Division, Saharsa

5. The District Magistrate, Saharsa

6. The District Education Officer, Saharsa

7. The District Programme Officer ( Establishment ), Saharsa

8. The Project Officer, Child Development Computer Education Project, Rural Development And Employment Research Committee, Patna

9. The District Coordinator, Child Development Computer Education Project, Saharsa .... .... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Pramod Mishra For the Respondent/s : Mr. Ashok Kumar Choudhary Mr. Shailendra Kumar Jha ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR TRIPATHI ORAL ORDER *************** 02.

08.01.2015 Heard learned counsel for the parties.

Obviously, all is not well with the way things are being done, may be with active connivance of certain officials of the Education Department down the line, if the innocent persons have been duped of their hard earned money in the hope of earning a livelihood under the State and there are functionaries of the State who

Patna High Court CWJC No.22967 of 2013 (2) dt.08-01-2015 3/3 are involved in such a racket, there is an obligation cast upon atleast the Principal Secretary of the Department of Education, Government of Bihar, Patna to look into the matter deeply and fix responsibility, because atleast the State officials cannot be seen to be part of a racket to fleece innocent citizens of this State, merely because they are desperately looking for employment under whatever form and manner their engagement is made. The Principal Secretary, Department of Education, Government of Bihar, Panta will ensure that the whole racket of such kind is gone into, reviewed with regard to other districts as well and also take steps for fixing responsibility on the persons so involved within a reasonable time-frame of three months.

Writ application is disposed off with observation as above.

(Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.) SKM/- U