Suresh Prasad Yadav v. The State Of Bihar and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Bihar Mid-Day-Meal recovery disputes: batch disposal of 21 writ petitions of 2018 (lead CWJC No. 8101 of 2018) by single judge of Patna High Court in terms of coordinate bench common order dated 03.09.2024 in CWJC No. 1776 of 2017 and analogous matters; Director, Mid-Day-Meal Scheme, Government of Bihar directed to hold personal hearing (virtual mode permitted) and pass reasoned order within six months; interim bar on recovery of amounts from headmaster / in-charge headmaster petitioners until final order; six matters delinked (CWJC Nos. 10547/2017, 10638/2017, 10711/2018, 19100/2017, 11149/2018, 16115/2017) and listed 09.02.2026; last-chance non-prosecution warning issued in two matters; no decision on merits of the recovery demands.
What did the court decide?
Twenty-one writ petitions (CWJC Nos. 8101, 8169, 8174, 8185, 8198, 8234, 8259, 8298, 8401, 8427, 8428, 8486, 8572, 8765, 10499, 10501, 10508, 10514, 10520, 10528 and 11181 of 2018) disposed of in terms of the common order dated 03.09.2024 in CWJC No. 1776 of 2017 and analogous matters; Director, Mid-Day-Meal Scheme to give personal hearing (virtual mode permitted) and pass reasoned order within six months; no recovery from petitioners until final order where recovery not already made.