The petitioner, a public interest litigant, sought directions to conclude teacher appointments in secondary schools and increase seat allotment. The Court found the selection process was underway and closed the petition.
None; the petition was closed as the selection process was underway.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.12489 of 2021
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Dilip Kumar Jha Son of Anirudh Jha, Resident of House No. 11, P.S. - Sabour, Chandheri, Dist.- Bhagalpur, Bihar.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
... ... Respondent/s
====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Vishal Vikram Rana, Advocate Mr. Ritesh Jha, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Mr. Lalit Kishore, AG Mr. Pawan Kumar, AC to AG Mr. Gyan Shankar, Advocate ======================================================
CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE
and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S. KUMAR
ORAL ORDER
(Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE)
(The proceedings of the Court are being conducted by Hon’ble the Chief Justice/Hon’ble Judges through Video Conferencing from their residential offices/residences. Also the Advocates and the Staffs joined the proceedings through Video Conferencing from their residences/offices.)
2 03-08-2021 Petitioner has prayed for the following relief(s):
“That the present Public Interest Litigation is at the instance of the petitioner a resident of this State of Bihar, under the provisions of Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India, 1950, in exercise of the extraordinary discretionary writ jurisdiction of this Hon’ble Court, through which the petitioner has sought for a direction
Patna High Court CWJC No.12489 of 2021(2) dt.03-08-2021 2/2
upon the Respondents to conclude the Teacher Appointment with regard to the Vacant seats available in Various secondary school and also increase the number of allotted seats so the qualified candidates can get fair opportunity to participate in joining process.”
Learned Advocate General states that the process of selection and appointment of teachers is already underway.
In view of the same, we close the present petition.
(Sanjay Karol, CJ)
( S. Kumar, J)
K.C.Jha/DKS/-
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether the petitions for direction to conclude teacher appointment and increase allotted seats for fair opportunity should be allowed.
Dilip Kumar Jha
The State of Bihar
Sanjay Karol
S. Kumar
As recorded by the court registry
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