Ram Chandra Prasad v. The State Of Bihar and Ors.

Patna HC12 May 2026CWJC/15923/2018

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

CWJC No.15923 of 2018; Patna High Court; Ram Chandra Prasad v. The State of Bihar and others; Magadh University, Bodh Gaya; Lecturer in Sanskrit; Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav College, Aurangabad; five-member committee; representation before committee; consequential benefits; CWJC No. 17670/2017 Akhilanand Singh and others; SLP Nos. 29618-29619/2024; undertaking to Supreme Court; disposed of; Ajit Kumar, J; decision dated 12-05-2026.

What did the court decide?

Petitioner permitted to approach the committee so constituted within four weeks with all supportive materials; the committee to consider his claim within a further eight weeks, take necessary decisions, and extend all admitted claims/entitled benefits within the same time. ¶¶21

Ram Chandra Prasad Vs The State Of Bihar and Ors. — Patna HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

¶¶21

Issue for consideration

Whether the petitioner may be permitted to file a detailed representation before the five-member committee for examination of the issues involved and, if his claim is found justified, be extended all consequential benefits by the respondents.

¶¶19

Court's answer

The Court permitted the petitioner to approach the committee so constituted within a period of four weeks with all supportive materials to show his bona fide for grant of the benefits claimed in the writ petition.

¶¶20

Ratio / Principle

On filing of such claim, the committee is to consider it within a further period of eight weeks, take necessary decisions, and extend all admitted claims for which the petitioner is entitled within the same time.

¶¶20

Key takeaways

The writ petition stands disposed of in the above terms.ratio¶¶21

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Patna High Court (Ajit Kumar, J.) disposed of CWJC No.15923 of 2018, filed by Ram Chandra Prasad, a Lecturer in Sanskrit at Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav College, Aurangabad, against the State of Bihar, the Principal Secretary, Department of Higher Education, and Magadh University and its officers. Acting in consonance with the order dated 17.07.2018 in CWJC No. 17670/2017 (Akhilanand Singh and others), whose subject matter travelled to the Hon'ble Supreme Court in SLP Nos. 29618-29619/2024, where an undertaking was given to resolve the issues through a five-member committee constituted as per the Apex Court's directions, and there being no dispute by counsel for Magadh University with the petitioner's stand, the Court permitted the petitioner to approach the committee within four weeks with all supportive materials; the committee is to consider his claim within a further eight weeks and all admitted claims/entitled benefits are to be extended within the same time. Writ petition disposed of.

¶1

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.15923 of 2018

¶2

======================================================

¶3

Ram Chandra Prasad S/o Kuldeep Gope, resident of Village- Kabirpur, P.S.Barbigah, District- Sheikhpura, presently working as a Lecturer in Sanskrit, Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav College, Aurangabad.

¶4

... ... Petitioner/s

¶5

Versus

¶6

The State Of Bihar and Ors

¶7

The Principal Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Government of Bihar, Patna.

¶8

Magadh University, Bodh Gaya, through its Registrar.

¶9

The Vice Chancellor, Magadh University, Bodh Gaya at Bodh Gaya.

¶10

The Registrar, Magadh University, Bodh Gaya at Bodh Gaya.

¶11

The Finance Officer, Magadh University, Bodh Gaya at Bodh Gaya.

¶12

... ... Respondent/s

¶13

======================================================

¶14

Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Dinesh Kumar For the Respondent/s : Mr.Subhash Chandra Mishra- Sc16 ======================================================

¶15

CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJIT KUMAR ORAL ORDER

¶16

5 12-05-2026 Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that in consonance with the order dated 17.07.2018 of Hon’ble High Court passed in CWJC No. 17670/2017 of Akhilanand Singh and others , which matter subsequently travelled to the Hon’ble Apex Court vide SLP Nos. 29618-29619/2024 , wherein an undertaking was given to resolve the issues by constituting a five-member committee to deal with the matter as per the directions of Hon’ble Apex Court. He further submits that the committee has already been constituted to scrutinize meritoriously the job profile of each individual with reference to

¶17

Patna High Court CWJC No.15923 of 2018(5) dt.12-05-2026 2/2

¶18

the records available with the University.

¶19

The petitioner seeks permission to file a detailed representation before the committee for examination of the issues involved and, upon such adjudication, if the claim is found to be justified, the respondents may be directed to extend all consequential benefits to the writ petitioner.

¶20

On the other hand, counsel for the Magadh University does not dispute the submissions and stands so taken by the counsel for the petitioner and this Court considering the stands taken by the parties, permits the petitioner to approach the committee so constituted, within a period of four weeks from today with all supportive materials, to show his bona fide for grant of all such benefits for which he had filed this writ petition and on filing of such claim before the committee so constituted, will consider his claim within a further period of eight weeks and necessary decisions shall be taken and all admitted claims for which the petitioner is entitled shall be extended within the same time.

¶21

Accordingly, this writ petitions stands disposed of.

¶22

(Ajit Kumar, J)

¶23

Abhishek/- U

Ram Chandra Prasad v. The State Of Bihar and Ors.

Case brief

What is this about?

What did the court decide?

Ram Chandra Prasad v. The State Of Bihar and Ors.

Case brief

What is this about?

What did the court decide?

Why is it important?

What the court decided

Issues for consideration

Cases cited

Procedural history

Parties & counsel

Coram

Case details

Similar cases

Rajesh Kumar Vs The State of Bihar

Ram Mohan Gupta Vs The State of Bihar

Aditya Kumar Choudhary Vs The State of Bihar

Kumari Tanuja Sharma Vs The State of Bihar

Hashim Ali Vs The State of Bihar

Shreyash Bhardwaj Vs Union of India