Bajrang Pathak v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Trained pay scale; untrained Panchayat/Prakhand/Nagar Teachers appointed 2013-2016; belated deputation for teachers training; delayed publication of examination results; deprivation of trained scale without fault of teachers; parity with Kishor Kumar CWJC No. 16165 of 2019 (09.08.2019) and Manoj Kumar CWJC No. 7938 of 2020 (01.02.2021); Division Bench dismissal of State's LPA No. 456 of 2021 (03.04.2025); pending State SLP (Diary) No. 66035 of 2025 dated 17.11.2025, no stay reported; Bihar State Litigation Policy Clause 4 (c) (i); direction to Director, Primary Education (respondent no. 4) to decide representation dated 25.07.2025 (Annexure-P/9) within eight weeks; identical relief subject to SLP outcome; Patna High Court CWJC No.5342 of 2025; Harish Kumar, J; decided 23-12-2025.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with a direction to respondent no. 4 (Director, Primary Education) to take up the petitioners' representation dated 25.07.2025 (Annexure-P/9) and bring it to its logical conclusion, preferably within eight weeks; if the petitioners' claims are identical to those already accorded relief, identical relief must be accorded, subject to the final outcome of SLP (Diary) No. 66035 of 2025.