Kamla Kant Pathak v. the State of Jharkhand
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Jharkhand, Ranchi; Cont. Case (Civil) No. 1134 of 2025; decided 12.06.2026 by Ananda Sen, J.; contempt application by Kamla Kant Pathak (Dhanbad) against State of Jharkhand, Rahul Kumar Purwar (Secretary, Higher Education/Human Resource Development Dept.), Radha Nath Tripathy (Registrar, Binod Bihari Mahto Koylanchal University, Dhanbad) and Satyendra Singh (Principal, Chas College, Chas, Bokaro) dropped after opposite parties' counsel submitted that petitioner's past ad hoc services period will be considered for calculating retiral benefits upon superannuation. Keywords: contempt application dropped; retiral benefit; adhoc service period; superannuation; Jharkhand higher education.
What did the court decide?
Contempt application dropped; counsel for the opposite parties had submitted that the petitioner's past ad hoc services period will be considered for calculating his retiral benefit as and when he superannuates.