Meera Kumari v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.17008 of 2025 ====================================================== Meera Kumari D/o- Krishnadeo Rajak, Resident of Village- Phulwadiya, Ward No. 20, P.O.- Barauni, P.S.- Phulwariya, Distric- Begusarai. ... ... Petitioner

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar through the Additional Chief Secretary, Education Department, Bihar, Patna.

2.

The Director, Primary Education, Bihar, Patna. 3.

The Regional Deputy Director of Education, Munger Division, Munger. 4.

The District Magistrate, Begusarai.

5.

The District Education Officer, Begusarai.

6.

The District Programme Officer (Estabishment), Begusarai. 7.

The Block Development Officer, Teghra, District- Begusarai. 8.

The Block Education Officer, Tehra, District- Begusarai. 9.

The Headmaster, Upgraded Middle school, Phulwariay Ganj, DistrictBegusarai. 10.

Puja Kumari, D/o Manoj Chaudhary, Resident of Village- Phulwariya Ganj, P.S.- Teghra, District- Begusarai.

... ... Respondents ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Raju Kumar, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Sita Ram Yadav, GP-16 :

Mr. Jitendra Kumar, AC to GP-16 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 04-11-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the Respondent-State.

2. With the consent of both the parties, this writ application is being disposed of at the present stage itself.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that for seeking the reliefs as claimed for in the present writ application, the petitioner has already filed a representation before the

Patna High Court CWJC No.17008 of 2025(2) dt.04-11-2025 2/3 District Education Officer, Begusarai dated 02.07.2025 (at page20 of the writ application) and the same continues to be pending. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner would be satisfied if an appropriate direction could be issued to the District Education Officer, Begusarai (Respondent No. 5) to dispose of her representation on merit after giving an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner, by passing a reasoned and speaking order.

4. To this prayer being made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the learned counsel for the Respondent-State does not have any objection.

5. Considering the limited nature of prayer being made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, this writ application is disposed of directing the District Education Officer, Begusarai (Respondent No. 5) to dispose of the pending representation of the petitioner dated 02.07.2025 (at page-20 of the writ application) on merit after giving an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner, by passing a reasoned and speaking order. The entire exercise must be completed within a period of four months from the date of production of a copy of this order by the petitioner. Needless to emphasize that the final order which shall be passed by the District Education Officer,

Patna High Court CWJC No.17008 of 2025(2) dt.04-11-2025 3/3 Begusarai (Respondent No. 5) should be a reasoned and speaking order.

6. With the aforesaid observation and direction, the present writ application is disposed of. All pending Interlocutory Applications, if any will be deemed to have been disposed of. (Alok Kumar Sinha, J) Gaurav Sinha/- U