Patna High Court
Vinay Kumar Jha vs The State Of Bihar on 1 March, 2024
Author: Anjani Kumar Sharan
Bench: Anjani Kumar Sharan
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.95 of 2024
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1. Vinay Kumar Jha Son of Late Ramdeo Jha, resident of Village-Siswar,
Police Station-Phulparas, District-Madhubani.
2. Lal Dai, wife of Late Prabodh Pathak, resident of Village-Mansapur, Police
Station-Phulparas, District-Madhubani.
3. Amar Lata Devi, Wife of Late Kusheshwar Yadav, resident of Village-
Mansapur, Police Station-Phulparas, District-Madhubani.
4. Chandra Shekhar Jha, Son of Late Nirmal Kant Jha, resident of Village-
Ghoghardiha, Police Station-Ghoghardiha, District-Madhubani.
5. Narayan Jha, Son of Late Baleshwar Jha, resident of Village-Ghoghardiha,
Police Station-Ghoghardiha, District-Madhubani.
6. Ashok Kumar Jha, son of Late Sristi Narayan Jha, resident of Village-
Brahmapur, Police Station-Phulparas, District-Madhubani.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
1. The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Department of
Education, Government of Bihar, Patna.
2. The Principal Secretary, Department of Education, Government of Bihar,
Patna.
3. The Principal Secretary, Department of Finance, Government of Bihar,
Patna.
4. The Special Director, Secondary Education (In charge Sanskrit), Department
of Education, Government of Bihar, Patna.
5. The District Education Officer, Madhubani.
6. The District Programme Officer, Establishment, Madhubani.
7. The Chairman, Bihar Sanskrit Shiksha Board, Patna.
8. The Secretary, Bihar Sanskrit Shiksha Board, Patna.
... ... Respondent/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Hemant Kumar Jha
For the State : Mr.Sita Ram Yadav, G.P.16
Mr.Yatindra Narayan, A.C. to G.P.16
For the BSSB : Mr.S.S. Sundaram, Adv.
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN
ORAL JUDGMENT
Date : 01-03-2024
Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, learned counsel
Patna High Court CWJC No.95 of 2024 dt.01-03-2024
for the State and learned counsel for the Bihar Sanskrit Shiksha
Board.
2. The present writ application has been filed by the
petitioner for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus
and/or any other appropriate writ, order or direction, directing
and commanding the respondents to make payment of arrear by
way of differential amount of salary in the revised pay scale
under 5th, 6th and 7th pay revision in the same manner as allowed
to the teaching and non-teaching staffs of the Government
Schools together with Dearness Allowance admissible thereon
as has been directed by the Division Bench of this Hon'ble
Court in L.P.A. No.43 of 2016 and analogous cases vide order
dated 13.08.2019.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the
petitioners' case is fully covered by the judgment passed by this
Court in L.P.A. No.43 of 2016 and analogous cases.
4. Considering the aforesaid facts, since the case of the
petitioners stand on similar footing to that of the petitioners of
L.P.A. No.43 of 2016, there is no requirement to keep pending
the present writ application in want of counter-affidavit.
5. Accordingly, the petitioners are directed to file a detailed
representation along with a copy of the order passed in the
Patna High Court CWJC No.95 of 2024 dt.01-03-2024
L.P.A. No.43 of 2016, before the respondent no.5 within a
period of four weeks.
6. Learned counsel for the respondent no.5 is directed to
dispose off the representation of the petitioners by passing a
reasoned and speaking order in accordance with law, within a
period of six weeks from the date of filing of such
representation by the petitioners and respondent no.5 is directed
to personally hear the petitioners or their counsel and pay the
claim/admitted dues of the petitioners.
7. The respondent no.5 is directed to ensure compliance of
this order and if the representation of the petitioners is not
considered within the stipulated period, the respondent no.5
shall be personally held responsible for non-complying the order
of this Court.
8. With the aforesaid directions, this writ application is
hereby disposed off.
(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J)
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