Nibha Kumari v. The State Of Bihar and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Bihar Mid-Day-Meal Scheme writ batch disposal; interim stay of recovery from in-charge headmasters/headmistresses till Director's reasoned order; disposal in terms of coordinate bench common order dated 03.09.2024 in CWJC No. 1776 of 2017; personal hearing and reasoned order within six months; liberty for virtual-mode appearance; delinking of CWJC Nos. 10547 of 2017, 10711 of 2018 and 10638 of 2017; last-chance adjournment and non-prosecution warning in CWJC Nos. 11149 of 2018 and 16115 of 2017; accommodation granted in CWJC No. 19100 of 2017; districts of Jamui, Darbhanga, Nawada, West Champaran, Supaul and Lakhisarai; Justice Alok Kumar Sinha; order dated 29-01-2026; next date 09.02.2026.
What did the court decide?
Batch of 21 writ petitions (lead case CWJC No. 8101 of 2018) disposed of in terms of the common order dated 03.09.2024 in CWJC No. 1776 of 2017; Director, Mid-Day-Meal Scheme, Government of Bihar, Patna to fix a date, give personal hearing to the petitioner and concerned respondents (virtual appearance permitted) and pass a reasoned order within six months; interim direction that there shall be no recovery of amount from the petitioners till the Director's final order, if recovery has not already been made. CWJC Nos. 10547 of 2017, 10711 of 2018 and 10638 of 2017 delinked and listed on 09.02.2026; CWJC Nos. 11149 of 2018 and 16115 of 2017 adjourned as last chance (non-prosecution warning); CWJC No. 19100 of 2017 accommodated to 09.02.2026 after delinking.