Gauri Shankar Yadav v. The State Of Bihar and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court oral order dated 30-10-2025 in Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.12499 of 2017 (Gauri Shankar Yadav v. State of Bihar & others); Panchayat Teacher / Basic Grade / graduate-grade promotion from 20.02.2015 / Headmaster promotion, primary school Mainthalslampur, Kusheshwar Asthan, Darbhanga; District Education Officer, Darbhanga directed to consider representation on merit with hearing, reasoned and speaking order, three-month timeline; writ application disposed of, no substantive ruling on entitlement; Bench: Justice Alok Kumar Sinha; advocates: Baidya Nath Thakur (petitioner), Prabhakar Jha-Gp27 (respondents-State); no statutes or precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
Liberty granted to the petitioner to file a detailed representation before the District Education Officer, Darbhanga within two months from the date of the order; if such a representation is filed, the District Education Officer, Darbhanga is directed to dispose of it on merit after giving an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner by a reasoned and speaking order, completing the entire exercise within three months from the date of filing of the representation.