Devwrat Kumar, v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Representation-and-decide disposal of a 1st A.C.P. pay-fixation parity writ by Bihar police personnel (BSAP-6, Muzaffarpur; BSAP-7, Katihar) keyed to the Division Bench decision dated 26.04.2024 in L.P.A. No.458 of 2021 (Sri Kant Dubey & Ors.) and Clause-4-c(1) of the Bihar Litigation Policy, 2011. Useful as a tracking/implementation order showing how the Patna High Court channels claims of persons 'similarly situated' to earlier beneficiaries, rather than as a substantive ruling on ACP entitlement. Keywords: ACP, pay fixation, Rs.4000-6000 pay scale, Bihar Litigation Policy 2011, BSAP, similarly situated, Annexure-6, representation within two weeks, decision within eight weeks.
What did the court decide?
Permission to the petitioners to file a representation within two weeks; direction to the respondent authorities to consider and decide it within eight weeks and, if the petitioners are found similarly situated to persons who succeeded in L.P.A. No.458 of 2021, to grant them the same and similar benefits. No immediate restoration of pay fixation was ordered and entitlement was not finally adjudicated.