Santosh Kumar v. Mr. Binod Kumar Yadav
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Case No.3048 of 2019 In Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.13981 of 2016 ====================================================== Santosh Kumar S/o Krishnadeo Kumar @ Krishnadeo Ray All are Resident of Village- Gangajal Tola, P.O. and P.S.- Sonpur, District- Saran ... ... Petitioner/s
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Mr. Binod Kumar Yadav the Union of India through Secretary, Department of Railway, Railway Bhawan, New Delhi 2.
Mr. Sushant Kumar Mishra the Secretary, Department of Railway, Railway Bhawan, New Delhi 3.
Mr. Mukesh Kumar the Chief Engineer (Construction) Eastern (E.C.R.) Danapur Division, Danapur 4.
Mr. Pawan Kumar the Deputy Chief Engineer (Construction) Eastern (E.C.R.) Danapur Division, Danapur 5.
Mr. Lalit Chandra Trivedi the Chief Manager (cum G.M.), E.M. Railway (E.C.R.) Hajipur (Bihar) 6.
Mr. Kumar Ravi the District Magistrate, Patna 7.
Mr. Subrat Kumar Sen the District Magistrate, Saran 8.
Mr. Rajiv Kumar Shrivastava the A.D.M. Patna (Land Acquisition) 9.
Mr. Arun Kumar the A.D.M. Saran (Land Acquisition) 10.
Mr. Pankaj Kumar Patel the District Land Acquisition Officer, Patna 11.
Mr. Rajnish Kumar the District Land Acquisition Officer, Saran 12.
Mrs. Anupam Kumari the S.D.O. Patna Sadar, Distt.- Patna 13.
Mr. Mahendra Prasad Gupta the Circle Officer, Danapur, Distt.- Patna 14.
Mr. Rama Kant Mahto the Circle Officer, Sonpur, Distt.- Saran 15.
Mr. Shailendra Kumar (The Personnel Officer, E.C.R. Hajipur), the Personnel Officer, Eastern Railway, Kolkata ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Mrityunjay Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Ramadhar Shekhar, Advocate For the UOI :
Mr. Ram Anurag Singh, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NANI TAGIA ORAL ORDER 03-04-2025 This contempt application has been filed alleging violation of the order dated 13.08.2018 passed in CWJC No.
Patna High Court MJC No.3048 of 2019(3) dt.03-04-2025 2/3 13981 of 2016 wherein this Court had passed the following order:- "...Having considered the facts aforesaid and on perusal of the order passed in C.W.J.C. No. 8283 of 2005, I dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the concerned authority that if the petitioners except petitioner no. 5 Mukesh Kumar file application before the competent authority along with supportive documents for appointment on Group-C/Group-D post in Indian Railway in lieu of acquisition of their lands of construction of Road-cum-Railway Bridge over river Ganga near DighaSonepur, the authority shall consider their case and pass order within four months from the date of filing of such representation.
So far as the case of petitioner no.
5 Mukesh Kumar is concerned, his case was considered by the competent authority and appointment letter was issued for appointment but the petitioner did not join on Group-C/Group-D post on account of illness of his mother, who consequently died of cancer but no order on his petition for extension of the period of his joining was passed.
Accordingly, I direct the authority to consider the case of petitioner no. 5
Patna High Court MJC No.3048 of 2019(3) dt.03-04-2025 3/3 Mukesh Kumar sympathetically and pass order in accordance with law within four months..."
2. Opposite Party Nos. 3-5 have filed a show-cause wherein in paragraph No. 3 it has been stated that the representation filed by the petitioner on 19.09.2018 was considered and a reasoned order in that regard was passed and communicated vide letter No. ECR/ HRD / Court Cell/ HC / Pat/ MJC No. 3048 / 19 /S. Kumar dated 20.09.2019.
3. In view of the above, I find that the order dated 13.08.2018 passed in CWJC No. 13981 of 2016 has been complied with by the respondents.
4. The contempt application stands closed and disposed off.
(Nani Tagia, J) Nishant/- U