Kapildev Mandal v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
CWJC 10885 of 2025; Patna High Court; Dr. Anshuman, J.; 17-07-2025; dearness allowance Feb 1999 to Nov 2014; post-retiral benefits; pension; retiral benefits; regularisation/absorption Class III/IV posts; restraint on recovery of DA; Water Resources Department Bihar; Ganga Pump Canal Division Bateshwar Asthan Kahalgaon; Chief Engineer Bhagalpur; mandamus; lack of prior representation; fresh representation 30 days; reasoned and speaking order 90 days; relief within 3 months; disposal without merits; NAFR.
What did the court decide?
No substantive relief adjudicated. Procedural directions only: petitioners to file a fresh representation before respondent No.3 (Chief Engineer, Water Resources Department, Bhagalpur) within 30 days; respondent No.3 to pass a reasoned and speaking order within 90 days thereafter and, if entitlement is found, provide the relief within 3 months thereafter.