Kashi Nath Jha Kiran v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court; MJC No.267 of 2024 (contempt/miscellaneous jurisdiction); decided 18-04-2025; single judge Purnendu Singh; petitioner Kashi Nath Jha Kiran; opposite parties include State of Bihar through Principal Secretary-cum-Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Education (Keshav Kumar Pathak), Deputy Secretary Ajit Kumar, DM Madhubani Arbind Kumar Verma, Regional Deputy Director Samarendra Bahadur Singh, DEO Rajesh Kumar, DPO Jawed Alam, BEO Jhanjharpur Dayanand Singh, and Accountant General Bihar Raj Kumar; subject: payment of admissible dues, supplementary show cause dated 15.04.2025, sanction letter, PPO to Treasury Officer, two-week payment undertaking; outcome: contempt petition consigned/disposed; advocates: Shankar Kumar Thakur (petitioner), Bindhyachal Rai (Accountant General), Kunal Tiwary AC to GA 2 (State).
What did the court decide?
Steps to be taken to pay all admissible dues to the petitioner within two weeks; upon receipt of the sanctioned letter, the Accountant General, Bihar to send the PPO to the concerned Treasury Officer forthwith for payment of all dues payable to the petitioner without further delay.