Abhimanyu Prasad v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
CWJC No.10220 of 2020, Patna High Court, decided 24-06-2025 by Purnendu Singh, J; 82 petitioners versus State of Bihar (Education Department). Key terms: Panchayat Shiksha Mitra parity; absorption as Panchayat Teacher; denial of age relaxation; Memo No.1018 dated 31.08.2015; Memo No.1275 dated 09.11.2022; Memo No.871 dated 03.08.2022; I.A. No.01 of 2025; Notification No.3148 dated 25.08.2008 (20 marks for teaching experience); order dated 21.03.2012 in CWJC No.14493/2008 (Bihar Pradesh Lok Shikshak Sang); order dated 15.09.2015 in MJC No.2988 of 2014; order dated 30.11.2017 in CWJC No.1109 of 2017; Articles 14 and 16 equity; quashing of departmental memos; remedy by individual representation; expeditious disposal of representations; contemptuous action of State vis-à-vis co-ordinate Bench mandates.
What did the court decide?
Quashing of Memo No.1018 dated 31.08.2015 (Annexure 13) and of Memo No.1275 dated 09.11.2022 and Memo No.871 dated 03.08.2022 passed by the Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Education, Government of Bihar (Annexure 17 and 18); petitioners permitted to file individual representations for consideration of their cases in terms of the direction in the order dated 30.11.2017 in CWJC No.1109 of 2017, such representations to be disposed of expeditiously; Interlocutory Application(s), if any, also disposed of.