Dr. Shambhu Nath Singh and Ors. v. The State Of Bihar and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, CWJC No.8849 of 2017, decided 16-12-2025 by Justice Alok Kumar Sinha; five terminated employees vs State of Bihar and Maharaja Harendra Kishore Inter College functionaries; challenge to State Appellate Authority order dated 27.04.2017 (Appeal Case No. 05/17) setting aside District Appellate Tribunal, East Champaran order dated 14.12.2016 (Case No. 966/2015) that had cancelled terminations; relief of reinstatement refused as petitioners had attained superannuation; writ application held infructuous and dismissed; no statute or precedent cited; relevant keywords: reinstatement, superannuation, infructuous writ, termination, education service appeal, Bihar.
What did the court decide?
Since the relief of reinstatement prayed for cannot be granted to the petitioners, the present writ application has become infructuous.