Vibha Devi v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
CWJC 11684/2021, Patna High Court, decided 13-08-2024 by Anjani Kumar Sharan, J; petitioners Vibha Devi and Manoj Kumar Shukla (school staff, Siwan) versus State of Bihar, DEO Siwan, District Programme Officer (Primary Education and Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan) Siwan, and Bihar Education Project engineers; disposal with liberty to file detailed representation before respondent no.4 within three weeks, hearing and reasoned speaking order within eight weeks, compliance-liability warning; no statutory provisions or precedents discussed; advocates Prabhat Kumar (petitioners), Prabhakar Jha Gp27 (State), Girijish Kumar (BEP).
What did the court decide?
Writ application disposed of with liberty to the petitioners to file a detailed representation before respondent no.4 (District Programme Officer, Primary Education and Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan, Siwan) within three weeks; respondent no.4 directed to afford an opportunity of hearing to the petitioners or their counsel and pass a reasoned and speaking order, in accordance with law, within eight weeks thereafter.