Dr. Pushpa Singh @ Pushpa Singh v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
CWJC No. 6635 of 2020 and CWJC No. 3215 of 2021, Patna High Court, Purnendu Singh, J., order dated 15-04-2025; payment of financial/admissible dues of petitioners (teachers/employees of Sri Guru Govind Singh College under Magadh University/Patliputra University) by the State of Bihar and University authorities; counter affidavits disclosing release of Rs.176,08,25,780 and Rs.630,13,93,432/- towards sanctioned amount earmarked for employees' dues and reference of admitted dues to the Pay Verification Cell; directions to the Registrar and Finance Officer of Magadh University to pay entire dues within three weeks; liberty to take appropriate legal action against responsible officer(s); request to Additional Chief Secretary, Education Department, to ensure prompt payment; writ petitions and interlocutory applications disposed of.
What did the court decide?
Both writ petitions disposed of with directions to the Registrar and Finance Officer of the University to pay the petitioners' entire admissible dues in accordance with law within three weeks; liberty to the petitioners to take appropriate legal action against the responsible officer(s) in default; request to the Additional Chief Secretary, Education Department, to ensure payment forthwith; interlocutory application(s), if any, also stand disposed of.