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Rupa Kumari v. The State of Bihar

Patna HC1 Nov 2025CWJC/1740/2025

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What is this about?

School Teacher (11-12) appointment and joining dispute; failure to submit joining attributed to serious illness; appointment letter dated 13.01.2024; posting letter dated 18.02.2024; Induction Training at Pusa, Samastipur; DEO Madhepura letter no. 234 dated 08.07.2024 to Director, Secondary Education unanswered; writ disposed of by relegating decision to Director, Secondary Education, Government of Bihar, within twelve weeks, in accordance with law, without merits opinion; Patna High Court; Justice Harish Kumar; decided 01-11-2025.

What did the court decide?

Matter relegated to the Director, Secondary Education, Government of Bihar, Patna, to take a decision on the petitioner's joining in accordance with law preferably within twelve weeks, with an express clarification that no opinion was expressed on the merits; writ petition disposed of.

Rupa Kumari Vs The State of Bihar — Patna HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Issue for consideration

Whether a direction should be issued to the concerned respondent to accept the petitioner's joining on the post of School Teacher (11-12) in pursuance of her appointment letter dated 13.01.2024 and posting letter dated 18.02.2024, given that she could not submit joining within the prescribed period allegedly due to serious illness.

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Court's answer

The Court relegated the matter to the Director, Secondary Education, Government of Bihar, Patna, to take a decision on the petitioner's joining in accordance with law, preferably within twelve weeks from receipt/production of a copy of the order, keeping in view the submissions made and the materials brought on record.

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Ratio / Principle

The Court expressly clarified that it had not assigned any opinion on the merits of the case.

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Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Patna High Court (Harish Kumar, J.) disposed of a writ petition by a selected candidate for the post of School Teacher (11-12) whose joining was not accepted. The petitioner held appointment letter no. MAD/ADV-27/2023/SAL/GT(1112)8813417 dated 13.01.2024 and posting letter no. MAD/ADV-27/2023/SAL/GT(11-12)9362136 dated 18.02.2024; she completed 11 days' Induction Training at Pusa, Samastipur and received the training certificate, but could not submit joining owing to serious illness. The District Education Officer, Madhepura had sought guidelines from the Director, Secondary Education vide letter no. 234 dated 08.07.2024, but received no response. The respondents contended that the petitioner had twice been informed through office order and press communique yet failed to submit joining, with no illness application filed within the prescribed period. Without adjudicating the rival claims on merits, the Court relegated the matter to the Director, Secondary Education, Government of Bihar, to take a decision in accordance with law preferably within twelve weeks, expressly clarifying that no opinion had been assigned on the merits.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.1740 of 2025

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Rupa Kumari, W/O Manoj Kumar Mani, D/O Krishna Narayan Sah, Bhawani Nagar, Ward No.-13, Kahara, Saharsa, P.S.- Saharsa, District- Saharsa, StateBihar, PIN-852201.

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... ... Petitioner/s

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Versus

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The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Human Resources Development Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna.

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The Secretary, Human Resources Development Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna.

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The Additional Chief Secretary, Education Department, Govt. of Bihar Patna.

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The Director of Secondary Education Government of Bihar, Patna.

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The Collector Madhepura.

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The District Education Officer, Madhepura.

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... ... Respondent/s

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====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ranjit Jha, Adv. For the Respondent/s : Mr. Prashant Pratap, GP-2 ======================================================

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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR ORAL ORDER

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2 01-11-2025 Heard the parties.

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Invoking the jurisdiction of this Court the petitioner

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has approached this Court seeking a direction upon the concerned respondent to accept the joining of the petitioner on the post of School Teacher (11-12) in pursuant to her appointment letter no. MAD/ADV-27/2023/SAL/GT(1112)8813417 dated 13.01.2024 vide Annexure 04 and her posting letter no. MAD/ADV-27/2023/SAL/GT(11-12)9362136 dated 18.02.2024.

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Patna High Court CWJC No.1740 of 2025(2) dt.01-11-2025 2/3

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Learned Advocate for the petitioner referring to the averments made in the writ petition and the annexures appended thereto submitted that upon selection of the petitioner, she was send for Induction Training at Pusa, Samastipur for 11 days and upon completion of the same, she has also received training certificate. Soon thereafter the school was also allotted, but, in the meanwhile, the petitioner got seriously ill and she could not submit her joining. After having recovered from the illness, when the petitioner submitted her application to allow her to join, she has not been allowed. The District Education Officer, Madhepura also wrote a letter to the Director, Secondary Education and sought a guideline, in the matter of joining of the petitioner vide letter no. 234 dated 08.07.2024, but no response has been made at the level of the Director, hence the present writ petition.

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Mr. Prashant Pratap, learned Government Pleader No. 2 submitted that twice the petitioner has been informed through the office order and press communique, but the petitioner failed to submit her joining and all the more, no application has been filed regarding illness and any inability to submit her joining within the period prescribed for joining.

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Having considered the submissions advanced and

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Patna High Court CWJC No.1740 of 2025(2) dt.01-11-2025 3/3

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the materials available on record, this Court deems it fit and proper to relegate the matter to the Director, Secondary Education, Government of Bihar, Patna to take a decision in the matter preferably within a period of twelve weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order in accordance with law keeping in view the submissions made herein and the materials brought on record. It is made clear that this Court has

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not assigned any opinion on the merit of this case.

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The writ petition stands disposed off.

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(Harish Kumar, J)

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