Raushan Kumar Choudhary, v. The State of Bihar
Service law – Bihar School Exclusive Teachers Rules, 2023 – Competency Test 2024 conducted by BSEB – district preference and merit-based district allotment
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What is this about?
Patna High Court; CWJC 6127 of 2025 and ten connected matters; Local Bodies Teachers; Bihar Panchayat Primary Teacher (Appointment and Service Conditions) Rule 2012; Bihar School Exclusive Teachers Rules 2023; Rule 3; Rule 4 competency test; three district preferences; merit-based district allotment; BSEB CTT-2024; Memo No.139 dated 23.01.2024; advertisement 25.01.2024; Memo No.1590 dated 15.11.2024; provisional appointment letters 20.11.2024; Bihar State Exclusive Teacher (Amendment) Rule 2024; Notification No.3054 dated 19.12.2024; substitution of Rule 4 and Rule 10; Memo No.2036 dated 21.12.2024; cancellation of appointment letters; retrospectivity presumption; vested right; legitimate expectation; rules of the game cannot be changed midway; Articles 14 and 16; arbitrariness; quashing; restoration of appointment letters; school allotment within six weeks; Abhay Kumar Patel 2026 SCC OnLine SC 20; writ petitions allowed.