Sikandar Mandal And ORS v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.6181 of 2011 ======================================================

1. Sikandar Mandal, son of Sant Lal Mandal, resident of Village +P.O. Arma, P.S. Kajra, District Lakhisarai at present working at Sri Durga Girls High School, Lakhisarai on the post of Clerk.

2. Nayan Kumar, son of Sri Upendra Pd. Singh, Village Ghosaith, P.O.+P.S. Piri Bazar, District Lakhisarai at present working on the post of Clerk in High School, Abhaipur, District Lakhisarai

3. Dharm Narayan Pd. Singh, son of Ram Chandra Pd. Singh, resident of Village Shivana Manikpur, P.O. Kavadpur, District Lakhisarai at present working on the post of Clerk in High School, Manikpur, District Lakhisarai.

4. Kaushal Kumar Singh, son of late Indradev Singh, resident of Village+P.O. Dharhara, District Munger at present working on the post of Clerk in Durga High School, Lakhisarai, District lakhisarai

5. Shashi Shekhar Singh, son of Upendra Kumar Singh, resident of Village Laxmipur, P.O. Kavadpur, District Lakhisarai at present working on the post of Clerk in High School, Amarpur District Lakhisarai .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar

2. Principal Secretary, Human Resources Development Department, Government of Bihar, Patna.

3. Secretary, Department of Finance, Government of Bihar, Patna

4. Director, Secondary Education, Government of Bihar, Patna

5. District Magistrate, Lakhisarai

6. District Education Officer, Lakhisarai .... .... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Praveen Kumar For the Respondent/s : Mr. Biresh Kumar Sinha, AC to AAG2 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHIVAJI PANDEY ORAL ORDER 26-02-2016 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State.

In the present writ petition, petitioners have prayed for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondents to grant revised pay scale of Rs.4000-6000. Petitioners have been appointed on compassionate

Patna High Court CWJC No.6181 of 2011 (7) dt.26-02-2016 ground and at the entry point they were treated as lower division clerk. Now claim of the petitioners is that those who have been appointed later on they were given pay scale of upper division clerk.

This Court is not giving any opinion on the merit of the case as petitioners have already filed a representation before the Collector Lakhisarai.

In this view of the matter, the Collector, Lakhisarai will examine the case of the petitioners and pass an order in accordance with law within a period of six months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. With the aforesaid observation this writ petition is disposed of.

(Shivaji Pandey, J) Vinay/- U