Bihar Hindi Granth Academy Karmchari Sangh And ANR v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.11127 of 2012 ====================================================== 1.

Bihar Hindi Granth Academy Karmchari Sangh through its Secretary, S/O Late Satya Narayan Singh, Prem Chand Marg, Rajendra Nagar, Patna - 800016 2.

Ganesh Kumar, the Secretary, Bihar Hindi Granth Academy Karmchari Sangh, S/O Late Satyanarayan Singh, Prem Chand Marg, Rajendra Nagar, Patna - 800016 ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar through the Commissioner-cum-Principal Secretary, Education Department, Government of Bihar, Patna 2.

The Director (Higher Education), Education Department, Government Of Bihar, Patna 3.

The Principal Secretary, Finance Department , Government Of Bihar, Patna 4.

The Bihar Hindi Granth Academy through Its Chairman-Cum-Director, Prem Chand Marg, Rajendra Nagar, Patna 800016 5.

The Chairman-Cum-Director, Bihar Hindi Granth Academy, Prem Chand Marg, Rajendra Nagar, Patna - 800 016 ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Anil Kumar Jha, Sr. Advocate Mr.Rajnish Kumar, Advocate For Res. Nos. 4 and 5 :

Mr.Shantanu Kumar, Advocate For the Respondent/s :

Mr.Kumar Alok (SC 7) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH ORAL ORDER 06-05-2024 Heard Mr. Anil Kumar Jha (Senior Advocate) along with Mr. Rajnish Kumar, learned counsels appearing on behalf of the petitioner; Mr. Shantanu Kumar, learned counsel for Respondent nos. 4 and 5 and Mr. Kumar Alok, learned SC 7 for the State.

2. The object of Bihar Hindi Granth Academy (hereinafter to be referred as the 'Academy') has been processed

Patna High Court CWJC No.11127 of 2012(11) dt.06-05-2024 2/3 by the State Government with an object of promotion, propagation, development of Hindi language, literature and culture in Bihar.

3. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner informs that during the pendency of the present writ petition, a Committee has been re-constituted, in which the members are well known Literates, Writers, Experts, Journalists etc.

4. Learned counsel has raised grievances that appropriate Department must take immediate action to provide at least financial help to the Academy so that its employee must not suffer from minimum bread and butter for their survival

5. Learned counsel further informs that the Committee, which is functional, can consider the matter forthwith just after the Parliamentary Election, 2024.

6. The grievance of the employees of the Academy is that payment has not been made to them due to paucity of fund. The Committee is directed to take steps for providing all the requisite information to the State Government for release of the substantial fund for providing financial benefit to the employees of the Academy, as a result of 6th Pay Revision and thereon from time to time so that they may not be discriminated and suffer

Patna High Court CWJC No.11127 of 2012(11) dt.06-05-2024 3/3 any penal consequences.

7. With the above observation/direction, the present writ petition stands disposed of.

(Purnendu Singh, J) chn/- U