Professor Ram Mohan Sinha v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Search terms: arrears of difference of salary; promotion to University Professor; DA and HRA; Notification no.38 memo no.B/5040-139 dated 04.04.2014; Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University; Koshi College Khagaria; retired professor; detailed representation; reasoned and speaking order; six weeks deadline; interest 6% per annum on non-compliance; 12% interest claim; respondent no.4 Registrar; covering/identical judgment CWJC No.17983 of 2016 (07.08.2018); CWJC No.14633/2010 (07.05.2013, Division Bench); writ disposed without fresh adjudication. Useful for: Patna High Court CWJC disposals via representation-and-speaking-order route; university teacher salary-arrears writs resolved by reference to a prior covering judgment; personal hearing and calculation-chart directions imposed on a University Registrar.
What did the court decide?
No substantive relief granted outright. Directions issued: petitioner to file a detailed representation with a copy of the judgment passed in CWJC No.17983 of 2016 and supporting documents before the concerned Authority; the Authority to dispose of the representation by a reasoned and speaking order after verifying entitlement for payment in view of CWJC No.17983 of 2016, passing the order within six weeks of receipt of the representation; respondent no.4 (Registrar) to personally hear the petitioner or his counsel and give the calculation chart; if the order is not passed within six weeks, the petitioner becomes entitled to interest @6% per annum, with respondent no.4 held responsible for non-compliance.