The State Of Bihar And ORS v. Chitranjan Murari Prasad Verma

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Letters Patent Appeal No.938 of 2014 IN Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 12930 of 2010 =========================================================== The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Human Resources Development Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna.

.... .... Appellant/s

Versus

1. Chitranjan Murari Prasad Verma S/o Late Mathura Prasad Verma Resident of Mohalla Saidpur Nahar Road, Rajendra nagar, P.S. Sultanganj, District Patna.

2. The Director cum Chairman, Bihar Hindi Granth Academy, Prem Chand Marg, P.S. Sultanganj, Rajendra Nagar, Patna .... .... Respondent/s =========================================================== Appearance :

For the Appellant/s :

Mr. Kameshwar Kumar, GP-17 Mr. S. K. Ranjan, AC to GP-17 For the Respondent-1 :

Mr. Manoj Kumar, Advocate For the Respondent 2-3 :

Mr. Shantanu Kumar, Advocate =========================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR TRIPATHI and HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. NILU AGRAWAL ORAL JUDGMENT (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR TRIPATHI) Date: 09-05-2017 Heard learned counsel for the State, i.e., the appellant, counsel for the private-respondent and counsel appearing on behalf of Hindi Granth Academy.

If the Hindi Granth Academy has been held to be a kind of limb of the State, because all funding and allocation of funds for payment to the employees of the Academy is made by the Department of Education, Government of Bihar, Patna, especially

Patna High Court LPA No.938 of 2014 dt.09-05-2017 2/2 the Principal Secretary, then in absence of any Rule, which has been put in place in relation to the service conditions of these employees, they will be treated as akin to the government servant, except with the provision of pension.

Since the Learned Single Judge has given direction for benefits to the private-respondent, the appeal has been filed. If the State can not shake off the basic fact that the State has all pervasive control over the affairs of the Academy, in question, then if there is a direction given by the Learned Single Judge to meet the obligation of the employees of the Academy, cannot become a subject matter of challenge in appeal. The Learned Single Judge's decision does not suffer from any irrationality or illegality. It is a frivolous appeal on behalf of the State. It is dismissed, accordingly.

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