Pushpa Kumari v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
B.Ed. degree Jammu and Kashmir universities; counting of service from 12.04.2017; Memo No. 894 dated 28.05.2019; Deputy Secretary Education Department Bihar; teacher seniority continuity grade pay increment arrears; notional benefits actual financial benefits from date of appointment; Priyamvada vs State of Bihar CWJC No.9017 of 2021 decided 13.07.2022; Rama Shankar Patel vs State of Bihar 2019 (3) PLJR Full Bench; CWJC No. 7135 of 2013 order dated 22.4.2013; 405 reserved seats; notification dated 12.04.2017; Bihar District Board Secondary/Higher Secondary Teachers (Employment and Service Condition) Rules 2006; Bihar Municipal Bodies Secondary/High Secondary Teachers (Employment and Service Condition) Rules 2006; mandamus certiorari; Patna High Court; Ajit Kumar J; CWJC 21535 of 2019; CWJC 2099 of 2021; CWJC 5321 of 2022; CWJC 12490 of 2022.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition allowed; order dated 28.05.2019 quashed; State-respondents directed to grant all consequential benefits (seniority, continuity, increments, pay fixation/arrears) to the petitioners, to be considered from the date similarly situated persons were appointed, with benefits calculated notionally and actual financial benefits accruing from the date of the petitioners' appointment.