Ravi Shankar Prasad v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.240 of 2026 ====================================================== Ravi Shankar Prasad Son of Ganga Prasad Sahni Resident of VillageBasudeopur, near Chandika Sthan, P.S.- Munger. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Human Resources Department, Government of Bihar.

2.

The Director, Primary School Education, Government of Bihar, Patna. 3.

The Collector, Munger.

4.

The District Education Officer, Munger.

5.

The District Program Office, (East). Edu).

... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Nawal Kishore Singh, Adv For the Respondent/s :

Mr.Government Pleader (05) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 12-01-2026 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 this stage itself.

3. In the present writ application, the petitioner has prayed for the grant of following reliefs:

"(i) For issuance of writ in the nature of Mandamus by directing the respondent authority concern to transfer the petitioner from Middle School, Hasanganj, Munger to any other Middle School within the District Munger, at his post due to life under threat.

Patna High Court CWJC No.240 of 2026(2) dt.12-01-2026 2/3 (ii) For issuance of writ(s), order(s), and Direction(s) for which the petitioner is entitled to get relief(s) by this Hon'ble Court.

4. After advancing some argument, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that for the reliefs claimed for in the present writ application, the petitioner is prepared to file a detailed representation before the District Education Officer, Munger and further prays that an appropriate direction be issued to the District Education Officer, Munger to dispose of the representation filed by the petitioner within a fixed time frame, after giving an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner.

5. To the aforesaid prayer being made by learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel appearing for respondent-State does not have any objection.

6. Considering the limited nature of prayer being made by learned counsel for the petitioner, this writ application is disposed of granting liberty to the petitioner to file a detailed representation before the District Education Officer, Munger within one month from today and if such a representation is filed within the stipulated time then the District Education Officer, Munger is directed to dispose of the same within a further period of three months from the date of filing of the

Patna High Court CWJC No.240 of 2026(2) dt.12-01-2026 3/3 representation, after giving an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner. Needless to emphasize that the final order which shall be passed by the District Education Officer, Munger should be a reasoned and speaking order.

7. With the aforesaid observation/direction and liberty granted, this writ application is disposed of. All pending interlocutory application(s), if any, shall also be deemed to have been disposed of.

(Alok Kumar Sinha, J) kiran/- U