Suresh Prasad Sharma v. the State of Jharkhand through the Secretary/Principal Secretary Water Resources Department
Case brief
What is this about?
W.P.(S) No. 7871 of 2025; neutral citation 2026:JHHC:370; High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi; decided 08.01.2026 by Ananda Sen, J. Keywords: pension revision 7th PRC w.e.f. 01.01.2016; penal/statutory interest on Provident Fund (Feb 2010 - Oct 2025); 6th PRC salary arrears (01.01.2006 - 31.07.2009); 3rd MACP benefit; 37 years service without promotion; Senior Accounts Clerk, Waterways Division, Garhwa; State of Jharkhand Water Resources Department; District Provident Fund Officer Garhwa; fresh representation; writ petition disposed of without deciding merits.
What did the court decide?
No substantive monetary relief granted. The writ petition was disposed of with directions: the petitioner to file a fresh representation within four weeks before respondent No.2 (Executive Engineer, Waterways Division, Garhwa); consideration of the case within six weeks; grant of benefits, if found entitled, within four weeks thereafter; and communication of reasons if any part of the claim is rejected.