Lakhan Lal v. The State Of Bihar and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Lakhan Lal v. State of Bihar & Ors., Patna High Court, CWJC No.6385 of 2017, Alok Kumar Sinha J, decided 20-01-2026. Challenge to Memo No.228 (P) dated 07.05.2010 of Director, Secondary Education, Bihar, based on Three Member Committee report (Annexure R/D, supplementary counter affidavit) constituted on Supreme Court orders in Civil Appeals Nos.6626-6675/6676-6681 of 2001. Principle applied: consequential order cannot be challenged without challenging the foundational committee report; belated leave to challenge report refused (knowledge since 2008); writ dismissed. Keywords: Three Member Committee, Annexure R/D, consequential order, challenge to report, writ dismissed.
What did the court decide?
Leave refused: the Court was not inclined to grant the petitioner an opportunity to challenge the Three Member Committee report at this stage, since the report was already in the petitioner's knowledge way back in 2008.