Bharat Singh v. The State Of Bihar And ORS
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.6383 of 2018 ====================================================== Bharat Singh S/o Haridwar Singh, Resident of Village-Khadawan, P.O.- Khudru, P.S.-Kochas, District-Rohtas at Sasaram. .... .... Petitioner/s
Versus
1. The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Department of Education, Government of Bihar, Patna.
2. THe Principal Secretary, Department of Education, Govenment of Bihar, Patna.
3. The Deputy Secretary, Department of Education, Government, Government of Bihar, Patna.
4. The Director, Primary Education, Bihar, Patna.
5. The Deputy Director, Primary Education, Bihar, Patna.
6. The District Magistrate-Cum-Collector, Rohtas at Sasaram.
7. The District Education Officer, Rohtas at Sasaram.
8. The Circle Officer, Kochas, District-Rohtas. .... .... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Babu Nandan Prasad, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Smt.Shilpa Singh -GA12 Mr. Ranjan Kumar, AC to GA-12 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE) 17-04-2018 The issue in question i.e. amalgamation of two schools is a policy matter, executive in nature and it is not governed by the statutory provision and therefore, we are not inclined to interfere into the matter exercising our extraordinary jurisdiction in a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution in a Public Interest Litigation. The petitioner may bring the grievance of the petitioner to the notice of respondent no.2 and it would be
Patna High Court CWJC No.6383 of 2018 (2) dt.17-04-2018 2/2 open for respondent no.2 to decide the same, on a representation filed by the petitioner, within a reasonable period. With the aforesaid liberty, this application stands disposed of.
(Rajendra Menon, CJ) (Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, J) N.H./- U