Sunita Kumari v. The State Of Bihar and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court order dated 29-01-2026; Alok Kumar Sinha, J. Batch disposal of CWJCs (lead: CWJC No. 8101 of 2018, Md. Mofil Ansari v. State of Bihar and Ors) filed by Incharge Headmasters/Utkramit Madhya Vidyalaya teachers concerning Mid-Day Meal Scheme proceedings and threatened recovery of amounts. Disposed in terms of coordinate bench common order dated 03.09.2024 in CWJC No. 1776 of 2017 and analogous matters; Director, Mid-Day-Meal, Bihar to conduct personal hearing and pass reasoned order within six months; interim bar on recovery; virtual hearing liberty. Keywords: Mid-Day Meal Scheme Bihar; recovery from Headmaster; personal hearing; reasoned order; disposal in terms of earlier common order; delinking of matters; dismissal for non-prosecution warning; last chance. Statutes cited: none. Cases: CWJC No. 1776 of 2017 (applied).
What did the court decide?
Batch of writ petitions disposed of in terms of the common order dated 03.09.2024 in CWJC No. 1776 of 2017 and other analogous matters: Director, Mid-Day-Meal, Government of Bihar, Patna to give personal hearing (virtual appearance permitted) and pass a reasoned order within six months; no recovery from petitioners until his final order if not already effected. CWJC Nos. 10547 of 2017, 10711 of 2018, 10638 of 2017, 11149 of 2018, 16115 of 2017 and 19100 of 2017 delinked from the lead case and listed on 09.02.2026.