Shashi Bhushan Prasad Singh @ Shashi Bhushan Singh v. The State of Bihar
Service law – Pay fixation
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.4052 of 2025, decided 17-03-2025 by Dr. Anshuman, J. Writ petition by retired employee Shashi Bhushan Prasad Singh @ Shashi Bhushan Singh against State of Bihar/Sitamarhi authorities and Accountant General seeking 3rd A.C.P. pay fixation and revised pay scale w.e.f. 24.01.1995, salary arrears with statutory interest, 2nd and 3rd A.C.P. fixation benefits, salary for January-February 2010 and retiral benefits. Dismissed as not entertainable: petitioner had earlier withdrawn CWJC No.4981 of 2018 pleading grievance redressed and re-filed after about ten years (repeated litigation/laches). Advocates: Madhusudan Rai (petitioner); Ram Yash Singh, GA-7 (respondents). No statutes or precedents discussed; no quantum awarded.
What did the court decide?
The Court was not inclined to entertain the writ petition because the petitioner had moved earlier and pleaded that his grievance had been settled, and after a lapse of about ten years filed a fresh writ petition, which is not entertainable.