Kamal Nayan v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Compassionate appointment; death in harness of regular/contractual teachers; dependents' claim to identical post rejected as unconvincing but question left open; Niyojit teacher post abolished; formulation of policy left to State of Bihar (GAD/Education Department) without any court direction; writ petitions CWJC 9235/2017, 11047/2018, 18908/2018, 16223/2019 closed/disposed without relief; K. Vinod Chandran CJ with Rajiv Roy J; Patna High Court; 16-01-2024.
What did the court decide?
None; the writ petitions were closed with the petitioners' contention left open to be agitated in an appropriate case, and no direction was issued to the State to frame a policy. ¶833