Sujit Kumar Sinha v. the State of Jharkhand through the Principal Secretary School Education and Literacy Department
Case brief
What is this about?
Para-teacher counselling; Assistant Teacher Class I-V/VI-VIII; 2015 vacancies; para versus non-para category merit; Jharkhand School Education and Literacy; District Education Establishment Committee; District Superintendent of Education; Paras Nath Mandal W.P.(S) No. 2378 of 2019 (16.02.2022); L.P.A No. 203 of 2022 Division Bench dismissal 15.09.2023; last opportunity counselling; press communique not yet issued; disposal in terms of earlier directions; verification of factual similarity and extension of same benefits; W.P.(S) No. 3406 of 2021 analogue; L.P.A. No.186/199 of 2017.
What did the court decide?
Common disposal in terms of the 15.09.2023 Division Bench direction (L.P.A No. 203 of 2022): the respondent authorities are to verify, for each petitioner in the batch, factual similarity with the Paras Nath Mandal matters (W.P.(S) No. 2378 of 2019; L.P.A No. 203 of 2022), and where found similarly situated, extend the same benefit while following the 15.09.2023 direction (last-opportunity counselling subject to eligibility and higher marks than the last selected candidates).