Ranjeet Kumar Chaudhary v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.12537 of 2025 ====================================================== Ranjeet Kumar Chaudhary Son of Dhappu Chaudhary, Resident of Village Kancha Ward no 1, PO Bahadurpur, District Samastipur. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar through Addl. Chief Secretary, Department of Education, Government of Bihar, Patna.

2.

The Director Primary Education Government of Bihar Patna 3.

The District Education Officer Samastipur 4.

The District Program Officer (Establishment) Samastipur ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Ganesh Prasad Singh, Advocate.

For the Respondent/s :

Mr. Dhurjati Kumar Prasad, GP-14.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH ORAL ORDER 05-08-2025 Heard Mr. Ganesh Prasad Singh, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and Mr. Dhurjati Kumar Prasad, learned GP-14 for the State.

2. The petitioner in paragraph no. 1 of the present writ petition has sought, inter alia, following relief(s), which is reproduced hereinafter:- "(A) To issue direction, order or writ in the nature of mandamus, or any other appropriate writ/writs, order/orders, direction/directions, commanding the respondents for fixation and calculation of salary from initial date of selection / posting of the petitioner i.e. from 15.02.2012 on the post of Regular Assistant Teacher (Trained) 34500 in Pay band P2(9300-34800) Grade Pay Rs. 4200/- and pay arrear of salary for the periods the petitioner had worked and also the period the respondent authority has restrained to the petitioner to perform his duty on the said post as the petitioner was wrongly terminated vide letter dated 23.09.2013 and after long litigation the respondent has reinstated to the petitioner in service vide letter dated 20.01.2024 from the date of his initial posting."

B. To issue a direction, order, or writ upon the respondents to grant all subsequent benefit to the petitioner who has

Patna High Court CWJC No.12537 of 2025(2) dt.05-08-2025 2/2 been reinstated in the from the date of his termination on the post of Assistant Teacher (Trained)34540 grade, as similarly situated persons have already been granted the same benefit in light of judgment rendered in L.P.A. No. 1254 of 2016, and analogous matter, L.P.A. No. 1309 of 2017 and L.P.A No. 1310 of 2017.

C. To issue any other relief/relief that the petitioner may be found to be entitled in the fact and circumstances of the present case."

3. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner informs that he has received instruction that the petitioner seeks to avail remedy before the Director, Primary Education, Bihar and he has already filed a representation on 24.06.2025 (Annexure-4) before the Director, Primary Education, Bihar which is pending for its adjudication and disposal.

4. Considering the aforesaid information, the petitioner, if so desires, may pursue remedy before the Director, Primary Education, Bihar, who in turn must not delay to dispose of the representation of the petitioner dated 24.06.2025 which has been filed for the relief as prayed for in the present writ petition in accordance with law, well within a period of six weeks expeditiously.

5. The writ petition stands disposed of.

(Purnendu Singh, J) mantreshwar/- U