Umesh Prasad Singh v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Class-IV appointment; Advertisement No. 02/99 District Collector Kishanganj; higher marks but non-appointment; merit list manipulation; certiorari against merit list by respondent no. 6; Vigilance Investigation Bureau irregularities; overwriting and manipulation in mark sheet and tabulation chart; FIR No. 52 of 2019 dated 28.12.2019 Vigilance Police Station; fresh representation before DM Kishanganj within 30 days; Kapil Kumar v. State of Bihar (2020) 1 PLJR 287 relied on; LPA No. 1183 of 2023 Division Bench approval; writ disposed with directions; Patna High Court CWJC 8963 of 2025; Dr. Anshuman, J.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with directions: petitioners to file a fresh representation before the District Magistrate, Kishanganj (respondent No.4) within 30 days; respondent No.4 to take decision in the matter of appointment in accordance with Kapil Kumar & Ors. v. The State of Bihar & Ors., (2020) 1 PLJR 287, approved in LPA No.1183 of 2023. No substantive appointment relief granted on Advertisement No.02 of 1999 due to vigilance adverse remarks and lodged FIR.