Gauri Kant Jha v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.11268 of 2024 1.
Gauri Kant Jha Son of Late Adisht Jha, resident of village- Dakhram, P.S.- Bahera, District- Darbhanga.
Arjun Jha, Son of Late Janardan Jha, resident of village- Chaugama, P.S. Bahera, District- Darbhanga.
Deo Kumar Jha, Son of Late Chandrakant Jha, resident of village- Jaidev Patti, P.S.- Ghanshyampur, District- Darbhanga. Kirti Narayan Mishra, Son of Late Govind Mishra, resident of villageTatuar, P.S. Manigachhi, District- Darbhanga. Hira Devi, Widow of Late Ratneshwar Mishra, resident of village- Tatuar, P.S.- Manigachi, District- Darbhanga.
Pramod Mishra, Son of Chhitan Mishra, resident of village- Tatuar, P.S.- Manigachhi, District- Darbhanga.
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Dirgha Narayan Mishra, Son of Late Govind Mishra, resident of villageTatuar, P.S.- Manigachhi, District- Darbhanga. 8.
Shiv Kant Mishra, Son of Late Kameshwar Mishra, resident of villageDasaut, P.S.- Hathauri, District- Samastipur. 9.
Krishna Nand Mishra, Son of Late Ramchandra Mishra, resident of villageRamauli, P.S.- Bahera, District- Darbhanga. 10.
Ganga Prasad Jha, Son of Late Radha Krishna Jha, resident of village Mahavatola, P.S Bahera, District- Darbhanga.
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Vinyendu Jha, Son of Late Rajendra Prasad Jha, resident of village- Nawada, P.S.- Bahera, District- Darbhanga.
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Samataula Devi, Widow of Late Hirakant Roy, resident of village- Batho, P.S.- Bahera, District- Darbhanga.
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Sushil Kumar Jha, Son of Late Gauri Shankar Jha, resident of villageNawada, P.S.- Bahera, District- Darbhanga. 14.
Ram Bihari Yadav, Son of Late Laxmi Yadav, resident of village- Kalyanpur, P.S.- Bahera, District-Darbhanga.
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Krishna Chandra Roy, Son of Late Mahaveer Roy, resident of village Batho, P.S.- Bahera, District- Darbhanga.
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Dev Shankar Jha, Son of Late Ramlochan Jha, resident of villag Maunbehat P.S.- Manigachhi,, District- Darbhanga.
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Kashi Nath Pathak, Son of Late Sukhdev Pathak, resident of villageTarauni, P.S.- Bahera, District- Darbhanga. 18.
Jay Krishna Jha, Son of Late Kamla Kant Jha, resident of village- Chanaur, P.S.- Manigachhi,, District- Darbhanga.
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Gauri Shankar Jha, Son of Late Sahdev Jha, resident of village- Bhal Patti, P.S.- Sakri, District- Darbhanga.
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Laxmi Kant Kamti, Son of Late Sundar Kamti, resident of village- Bari Tarauni, P.S.- Bahera, District- Darbhaga.
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Adyadutta Thakur, Son of Late Amar Nath Thakur, resident of villageBhachhi, P.S.- Madhubani, District- Madhubani. 22.
Atulya Chandra Chaudhary, Son of Late Shiv Kumar Chaudhary, resident of village- Habibhouar, P.S.- Bachera, District- Darbhanga. 23.
Javahar Lal Jha, Son of Late Digambar Jha, resident of village Shivram, P.S. Bahera, District-Darbhanga.
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Shambhu Sharan Pathak, Son of Late Jaykant Pathak, resident of villagePohaddi, P.S.- Bahera, District- Darbhanga. 25.
Naresh Kumar Jha, Son of Late Govind Jha, resident of village- Mahinam, P.S.- Bahera, District- Darbhanga.
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Birendra Kumar Jha, Son of Late Mahendra Jha Azad, resident of villageMahinam, P.S.- Bahera, District- Darbhanga. 27.
Prakash Kumar, Son of Birendra Kumar Jha, resident of village- Mahinam, P.S.- Bahera, District- Darbhanga.
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Bhagavan Mishra, Son of Late Chandrashekhar Mishra, resident of village Mahinam, P.S.- Bahera, District-Darbhanga.
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Mohan Kumar Jha, Son of Ramsharan Jha, resident of village- Jaideopatti, P.S.- Ghanshyampur, District- Darbhanga.
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Vivekanand Mishra, Son of Late Kokilanand Mishra, resident of villageMachhaita, P.S.- Sakatpur, District- Darbhanga. 31.
Ram Ashish Kamati, Son of Late Gopal Kamti, resident of villageJaydevpatti, P.S.- Ghanshyampur, District- Darbhanga. 32.
Rajkumari Devi, Widow of Late Lakhan Lal Mishra, resident of villageJaideopatti, P.S.- Ghanshyampur, District- Darbhanga. 33.
Siya Devi, Widow of Late Ganesh Choudhary, resident of village- Lagma, P.S.- Sakatpur, District-Darbhanga.
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Chandramohan Thakur, Son of Late Paramajib Thakur, resident of villageSalepur Lagma, P.S Ghanshyampur, District- Darbhanga. 35.
Bijali Devi, Wodow of Late Ganesh Narayan Choudhary, resident of village Lagma, P.S Sakatpur, District-Darbhanga.
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Arun Kumar Jha, Son of Late Harischandra Jha, resident of village- Kathra, P.S.- Manigachhi,, District-Darbhanga.
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Ramabahadur Choudhary, Son of Late Baldeo Narayan Choudhary, resident of village- Lagma, P.S.- Sakatpur, District- Darbhanga. 38.
Mahesh Jha, Son of Late Lakshmi Narayan Jha, resident of villageDakhram, P.S.- Bahera, District-Darbhanga. 39.
Avnish Kumar Jha, Son of Late Ramdev Jha, resident of village- Lagma, P.S.- Sakatpur, District-Darbhanga.
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Lxami Choudhary, Son of Late Mishrilal Choudhari, resident of villageLagma, P.S.- Sakatpur, District-Darbhanga. 41.
Chandra Kant Jha, Son of Late Radha Kant Jha, resident of villageChhapki, P.S.- Darbhanga Sadar, District- Darbhanga. 42.
Madan Kumar Jha, Son of Late Vishwanath Jha, resident of village Kathra,
3/5 P.S.. Manigachi, District- Darbhanga.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
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The State of Bihar through its Chief Secretary, Bihar, Patna. The Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Education, Bihar, Patna. The Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Finance, Government of Bihar, Patna.
The Special Director, Secondary, Department of Education, Bihar, Patna. The District Education Officer, Darbhanga.
The District Programme Officer (Establishment), Darbhanga. 7.
The Chairman, Bihar Sanskrit Siksha Board, Bihar, Patna. 8.
Bihar Sanskrit Siksha Board, through its Secretary, Bihar, Patna. 9.
The Secretary, Bihar Sanskrit Siksha Board, Bihar, Patna. 10.
Janta Sanskrit Primary Cum Middle School, village- Dakhram, P.S.- Bahera District- Darbhanga through it's Principal.
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Durga Bhawan Sanskrit Primary Cum Middle School, village- Bahera, P.S. Bahera, District Darbhanga through it's Principal. 12.
Sri Krishna Saraswati Primary cum Middle Sanskrit School, Village- Tatuar, District- Darbhanga through it's Principal.
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Damodar Sanskrit Primary cum Middle School, Village- Nawada, DistrictDarbhanga through it's Principal. 14.
Dahaur Sanskrit Primary cum Middle School, Village- Kalyanpur, DistrictDarbhanga through it's Principal. 15.
Saraswati Sadan Sanskrit High School, Village- Maunbehat, P.S.- Manigachhi, District- Darbhanga through it's Principal. 16.
Sanskrit Primary cum Middle School, Tarauni, P.S.- Bahera, DistrictDarbhanga through it's Principal. 17.
Yamuna Chandrakant Primary cum Secondary Sanskrit School, VillageMahinam, District- Darbhanga through it's Principal. 18.
Sasandayi Sanskrit High School, Village- Jaideo Patti, P.S.- Ghanshyampur, District- Darbhanga through it's Principal.
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Sri Shankar Sanskrit High School, Village- Lagma, District- Darbhanga through it's Principal.
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Maithili Vidyapeeth Sanskrit High School, Village- Chhapki, DistrictDarbhanga through it's Principal. ... ... Respondent/s Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. D.K. Sinha, Sr. Advocate Mr. Alexander Ashok, Advocate For the Respondent/s :
Mr. Santosh Chandra Bhaskar, AC to GP 11
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Mr. Satyam Shivam Sundaram, Advocate Mr. Ankit, Advocate CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 18-03-2025 Heard learned Senior Counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the respondents.
Learned Senior Counsel for the petitioners submits that the case of the petitioners is fully covered by the judgment passed by this Court in L.P.A. No.43 of 2016 and analogous cases.
Considering the aforesaid facts, since the case of the petitioners stand on similar footings to that of the petitioners of L.P.A. No.43 of 2016, there is no requirement to keep pending the present writ application.
Accordingly, petitioners are directed to file a detailed representation along with a copy of the order passed in L.P.A. No.43 of 2016, before the respondent no.2 within a period of four weeks and the respondent no.2 is well advised to consider the case of the petitioners and dispose of the representation of the petitioners after affording an opportunity of personal hearing or through their counsel and pass a reasoned and speaking order in accordance with law and in light of the order passed in L.P.A. No.43 of 2016 within one month from the date of filing of such representation by the petitioners.
5/5 It is made clear that respondent no.2 shall be personally held responsible for non-compliance of this order. With the aforesaid directions, this writ application stands disposed of.
(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) shikha/- U