Kundan Kumar Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.1335 of 2020 ====================================================== 1.

Kundan Kumar Singh S/o Late Ram Naresh Singh working as Clerk in the Office of Assistant Director, Sugar Cane Development, At and P.s. and District- Gopalganj 2.

Randhir Kumar S/o Late bachha Prasad Srivastava working as Clerk in the Office of Assistant Director, Sugar Cane Development, At and P.s. and District- Muzaffarpur 3.

Hareram Prasad S/o Late Shiv Sagar Mehta working as Clerk in the Office of Deputy Director, Sugar Cane Development, At and P.s.- Pusa, DistrictSamastipur 4.

Vinay Kumar Singh S/o Late Bhagwat Narayan Singh working as Clerk in the Office of Assistant Director, Sugar Cane Development, At- Motihari, P.s.- Sadar, District- East Champaran 5.

Santosh Kumar Singh S/o Late Sona Prasad Singh working as Clerk in the Office of Assistant Director, Sugar Cane Development, At- Bhagalpur, P.s.- Tilka Manjhi, District- Bhagalpur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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The State of Bihar through the Commissioner, Sugar Cane Industry Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 2.

The Commissioner Sugar Cane Industry Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 3.

The Assistant Director Sugar Cane Department, At and P.s. and DistrictGopalganj 4.

The Assistant Director Sugar Cane Department, At and P.s. and DistrictMuzaffarpur 5.

The Deputy Director Sugar Cane Department, At and P.s.- Pusa, DistrictSamastipur 6.

The Assistant Director Sugar Cane Department, At- Motihari, P.s.- Sadar, District- East Champaran 7.

The Assistant Director Sugar Cane Department, At- Bhagalpur, P.s.- Tilka Manjhi, District- Bhagalpur ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Amaresh Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Respondent/s :

Mr. Kinker Kumar (SC-9) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR UPADHYAY ORAL ORDER 04-03-2021 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and

Patna High Court CWJC No.1335 of 2020(2) dt.04-03-2021 2/3 the respondents.

Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the issue involved in the writ application is no more res integra, in fact the matter was settled in L.P.A. No. 167 of 2016 and following the decision of the L.P.A. Court in L.P.A. No. 167 of 2016, several writ applications including C.W.J.C. No. 23243 of 2019 were disposed of vide order dated 10.12.2019. Relevant part of the order is quoted herein below:- "This writ application is accordingly disposed of with the same observations and directions as present in the aforesaid orders dated 03.10.2018 in CWJC No. 17151 of 2018 and 23.06.2017 in LPA No. 167 of 2016. Consequently, it is directed that the petitioners shall be paid the benefits in the scale of Rs.4000-6000 with retrospective effect from the dates of their respective appointment. As observed in the Division Bench decision in LPA No. 167 of 2016, it is observed that the arrears of the petitioners shall be granted with effect from the date they filed the writ application

Patna High Court CWJC No.1335 of 2020(2) dt.04-03-2021 3/3 before this Court on 23.11.2019."

In order to maintain consistency, the present writ application is also disposed of with similar terms. (Anil Kumar Upadhyay, J) Shageer/- U