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Anand Kishor Singh v. The State of Bihar

Patna HC29 Jan 2026CWJC/1370/2026

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What is this about?

Writ petition filed by teachers seeking matric trained scale and benefits denied due to delayed in-service training. Court directed submission of detailed representation referencing a coordinate bench judgment and ordered adjudication within eight weeks.

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Direction to adjudicate claim for matric trained scale and benefits within 8 weeks after filing representation.

Anand Kishor Singh Vs The State of Bihar — Service and Employment | Patna HC (2026)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

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Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.1370 of 2026

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Anand Kishor Singh Son of Late Raghav Singh, resident of Ward No.26, Baluatal near Sapahi Devi Mandir, P.S.- Motihari Town, District- East Champaran.

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Suman Kumar Shrivastava Son of Late Shambhu Saran Shrivastava, resident of Village- Chintawanpur, P.S.- Mehsi, District- East Champaran.

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Chitranjan Kumar Rao Son of Late Ramlochan Rao, resident of VillageKhushi Tola, P.S.- Bairiya, District- West Champaran.

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Pran Ranjan Prasad Son of Late Lal Narain Prasad, resident of MohallaKalibagh, Bettiah, P.S.- Kalibagh O.P., District- West Champaran.

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Renu Verma Wife of Late Nand Kishore Prasad Shrivastav, resident of Kalibag Ghusukpur, P.S.-Kalibag O.P., District- West Champaran

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Hrishekesh Kumar Singh Son of Late Vijay Bahadur Singh, resident of Ward No.5 Machharganwa Bazar, P.S. Yogapati, District- West Champaran.

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Rajnish Kumar Son of Late Satyanarayan Sinha, resident of Kolhua Chowk Mithan Saray Road, P.S.- Ahiyapur, District- Muzaffarpur.

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Pranav Kumar Son of Late Ram Vivek Chaudhary, resident of VillageDihbuchauli, P.S.- Jandaha, District- Vaishali.

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Rajesh Ram Son of Late Jaigovind Ram, resident of Ward No.31, Ambedkar Colony, Baswariya, P.S.- Bettiah, District- West Champaran.

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Manoj Kumar Son of Late Chandra Shekhar Prasad Sinha, resident of Lauria, P.S.-Lauria, District- West Champaran.

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Ajeet Kumar Son of Late Yugal Kishore Ray, resident of Naya Tola Technical Chowk, P.S.- Muzaffarpur Town, District- Muzaffarpur.

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Vinay Kumar Tiwari Son of Late Braj Kishor Tiwari, resident of MohallaWideshee Tola, P.S.- Thawe, District- Gopalganj.

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Kumud Ranjan Son of Jayshri Lal Chaudhari, resident of Village- Bholuhai, P.S.-Shikarganj, District- East Champaran.

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... ... Petitioner/s

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Versus

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The State of Bihar through Additional Chief Secretary, Education Department, New Secretariat, Patna.

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Principal Secretary, Finance Department, Government of Bihar, Old Secretariat, Patna.

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Director, Primary Education, Education Department, New Secretariat, Patna.

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Regional Deputy Director of Education, Tirhut Division, Muzaffarpur.

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Regional Deputy Director of Education, Saran Division, Saran.

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Regional Deputy Director of Education, Patna Division, Patna.

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... ... Respondent/s

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====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Pratap Sharma, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Mr. Standing Counsel (20) Mrs. Puspanjali Sharma, AC to SC-20 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJIT KUMAR

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Patna High Court CWJC No.1370 of 2026(2) dt.29-01-2026 2/3

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ORAL ORDER

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2 29-01-2026

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Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned

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counsel for the State.

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The writ petition has been filed for the following

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reliefs :-

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For issuance of an appropriate writ/writs, order/orders, direction/directions for grant of matric trained scale to the petitioners on completion of 3 years from the date of joining of the petitioners along with all consequential benefits by quashing the order dated 30.06.2023 as contained in memo No. 1034 whereby and whereunder similarly situated persons to the petitioners have been granted the aforesaid benefits but the petitioners have been denied for the same on account of lapse of the respondents in sending for in service training belatedly and for other necessary relief/reliefs on the basis of facts and circumstances of the case.

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Learned counsel for the petitioners, by referring to

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the judgment / order passed in the case of Abdus Samad v. The State of Bihar and Others vide C.W.J.C. No.7322 of 2017 , submits that his case is squarely covered by the aforementioned case and representation for grant of trained pay scale, has already been made, but the same has still not been considered. It has next been submitted that similarly situated persons have been granted such benefits vide Annexure-P/10 but for no prudent reason, the claim of this petitioner has not been

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Patna High Court CWJC No.1370 of 2026(2) dt.29-01-2026 3/3

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considered / adjudicated.

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On the other hand, learned counsel for the State submits that the representation filed by the petitioner may be directed to be disposed of, in light of the judgment passed by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in the case of Abdus Samad ( supra ), which is said to have attained finality.

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Considering the submissions of the parties, this Court finds it proper to direct the petitioner to file a detailed representation referring to the earlier representation before the Respondent No.3, Director, Primary Education, Education Department, New Secretariat, Patna, appending all supportive materials, including the order passed by this Court, within a period of four weeks and on filing of such representation, the case of the petitioner shall be adjudicated on its own merits, referring to the adjudication, which is said to have been made in the case of other similarly situated persons and finding his claim to be justified, necessary decision extending the benefits shall be taken within a further period of eight weeks.

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Accordingly, the writ petition stands disposed of.

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(Ajit Kumar, J)

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sharun/-

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Anand Kishor Singh v. The State of Bihar

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