Rambachan Singh v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.10116 of 2024 ====================================================== Rambachan Singh Son of Late Nand Ji Singh, Resident of Village-Kachnar, Police Station Siswan, District -Siwan. Retired while working as the Panchayat Secretary, Block- Hasanpura, District - Siwan. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
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The State of Bihar through the Chief Secretary, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 2.
The Additional Chief Secretary, Panchayati Raj Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna.
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The Additional Chief Secretary, Finance Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 4.
The Director, Panchayati Raj Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 5.
The District Magistrate, Siwan.
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The Deputy Development Commissioner, Siwan.
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The District Panchayati Raj Officer, Siwan.
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The Block Development Officer, Hasanpura, Siwan. 9.
The District Accounts Officer, Siwan.
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The District Treasury Officer, Siwan.
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The Accountant General, Beerchand Patel Path, Bihar, Patna. 12.
The Accounts Officer, Office of the Accountant General, Beerchand Patel Path, Bihar, Patna.
... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Umesh Kumar Mishra, Advocate For the Respondent/s :
Mr. GP-3 For the Accountant General:
Mr. Dr. Anand Kumar, Advocate Mr. Rajan Prakash, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DR. ANSHUMAN ORAL JUDGMENT Date : 04-07-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel for the State and learned counsel for the Accountant General.
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2. It transpires from the record that the present writ petition has been filed for issuance of writ of mandamus directing the respondent authorities to grant one additional financial upgradation to the petitioner in the light of MACP Scheme, 2010. It also transpires from Annexure-P-5 that a representation of the petitioner is pending before the Block Development Officer, Hasanpura, on which no order has been passed.
3. Learned counsel for the State submits that in the year 2009 State of Bihar through its General Administration Department has notified a Rule, namely, Bihar Government Servant Grievances Redressal Rule, 2019. Learned counsel for the State submits that the petitioner has remedy to move before the Service Grievances Redressal Officer and, therefore, liberty may be given to him to move in accordance with the Bihar Government Servant Grievances Redressal Rules, 2019.
4. In the light of the submissions made by the State and upon perusal of those Rules, this Court is of the view that petitioner ought to move before the Service Grievance Redressal Officer in accordance with the Rules mentioned above. As such, the petitioner is directed to file representation along with this order before the authority concerned within
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5. With this direction, the writ petition is disposed off.
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