Kishore Kumar Jha And ORS v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Letters Patent Appeal No.285 of 2018 In Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.16659 of 2016 ======================================================

1. Kishore Kumar Jha, Son of Ram Chandra Jha, Resident of Village + P.O.-Morva, Block-Morva, District-Samastipur.

2. Rakesh Kumar Roy, Son of Sonelal Ray, Resident of Village -Morva, Mohanpur, P.O.-Morva, District Samastipur.

3. Rajeev Kumar, Son of Ram Lakhan Pathak, Resident of Village + Laguniya, Raghukanth, District Samastipur.

... ... Appellant/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar through Principal Secretary, Department of Planning and Development, Government of Bihar, Patna.

2. The Principal Secretary, Department of Planning and Development of Bihar, Patna.

3. Principal Secretary, Department of General Administration, Government of Bihar, Patna.

4. The Director, Department of Planning and Development, Government of Bihar, Patna.

5. The Joint Director Cum Office Head Development, Government of Bihar, Patna.

6. The District Statistical Officer, Samastipur, District Samastipur. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Appellant/s :

Mr. Rajeev Ranjan, Advocate For the Respondent/s :

Mr. Anjani Kumar- AAG4 Mr. Shailendra Kumar Singh, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. ANJANA MISHRA ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE) 04-12-2018 Even though this matter is listed for removal of defects, it has been pointed out by the learned Additional Advocate General that the issue involved is directly covered by the Division Bench judgement in L.P.A. No. 535 of 2017 decided on 17.04.2018.

Patna High Court LPA No.285 of 2018(3) dt.04-12-2018 2/2 Accordingly, the defects are ignored and the appeal stands dismissed on the same grounds.

(Amreshwar Pratap Sahi, CJ) (Anjana Mishra, J) P.K.P./-R.S.Sen U