Rima Singh v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.13824 of 2025 ====================================================== 1.
Rima Singh wife of Kishor Swayam Prakash, resident of Katira, Tilak Nagar, Arrah, Bhojpur, Bihar -802301 2.
Maya Devi wife of Brijmohan Singh resident of Bakhorapur, ward no. 09, Bakhorapur, Bhojpur, Bihar-802311 ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
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The State of Bihar through the Additional Chief Secretary, Education Department, Bihar 2.
The Director, Primary Education Department, Bihar, Patna 3.
The Regional Deputy Director of education Patna Region, Patna 4.
The District Education Officer, Bhojpur, Bihar 5.
The District Programme Officer (Establishment), Bhojpur, Bihar ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Birottam Narayan Singh, Advocate For the Respondent/s :
Mr. Government Pleader (11) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 01-09-2025 Heard learned counsel for the parties concerned.
2. The present application has been filed for direction to the respondent authorities to issue fresh letters/notification in favour of petitioners for their place of posting in any three districts for which choice has been given and to post them accordingly.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submit that the petitioners were selected as head teacher. Dispute is with regard to posting of the petitioners as per merit-cum-choice. The identical matter has been decided by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in CWJC No. 11252 of 2025 dated 30.08.2025 and in paragraph 46
Patna High Court CWJC No.13824 of 2025(2) dt.01-09-2025 2/3 of the aforesaid judgment, the Hon'ble Court has taken note of the fact that out of 35334 Head Teachers, 32,672 were allocated districts as per their choice and only 2662 successful candidates were allocated districts through randomization. The Court directed the committee which has been assigned the work to allocate the preferential district to invite their objections and deal with them manually after acknowledging their home district and their reason for posting in nearby district(s). Additional Chief Secretary, Education Department, Government of Bihar has been directed to convene a meeting with the Director Secondary Education as well as the Director, Primary Education to frame a model for redressal of grievance of allocation of nearby district after inviting objection, preferably within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order.
4. Learned counsel further submits that petitioners had given three choice on website of Education Department. Petitioner No.1 had given her choice for three districts as Bhojpur, Buxar and Rohtas while Petitioner No. 2 had given her choice as Bhojpur, Patna and Buxar. None of the choices given by the petitioners has been considered and the petitioners have been posted on the basis of randomization at Araria and Arwal respectively.
5. Learned counsel for the State submits that the petitioners may be directed to file representation before the
Patna High Court CWJC No.13824 of 2025(2) dt.01-09-2025 3/3 committee headed by Additional Chief Secretary Education Department, Government of Bihar, Patna as per the order of this Court passed in CWJC No. 11252 of 2025 and the committee will consider the grievances of the petitioners manually as per the direction of this Court.
6. Considering the aforesaid submissions made by the parties and the nature of prayer made in this writ application and also considering the fact that in similar matter, this court has directed the committee headed by Additional Chief Secretary, Education Department, Government of Bihar, Patna to decide the grievance of the teachers manually, this writ application is disposed with liberty to the petitioners to file a representation before the committee headed by Additional Chief Secretary, Education Department, Government of Bihar, Patna within a period of two weeks and if such representation is filed, the Additional Chief Secretary, Education Department, Government of Bihar, Patna shall dispose the same in the light of judgment given by this Court in CWJC No. 11252 of 2025 at the earliest.
7. According the present writ application is disposed of. (Anil Kumar Sinha, J) Siwani/- U