Sudhir Kumar Yadav v. The Union of India
Case brief
What is this about?
Trained teacher pay scale; B.Ed qualification; six months bridge course (11.06.2019); Panchayat Teacher; Primary Teacher; Prakhand Teacher; Nagar Teacher; Bihar school teachers; date of trained scale; arrears of salary with statutory interest; writ of mandamus; representation pending before competent authority; Satyendra Kumar Ojha; Memo No. 1790 dated 16.10.2024; LPA No. 1699 of 2013; CWJC No. 9416 of 2019 (04.03.2024); CWJC No. 11300 of 2025; S.L.P.(Civil) Diary No. 37663/2018; All India Groundnut Syndicate Ltd AIR 1954 Bombay 232 (Chagla C.J., quoted); Bihar State Litigation Policy, 2011 Rule 4.C (1); disposed with directions to Director, Primary Education, Government of Bihar; Patna High Court; Harish Kumar, J; CWJC Nos. 9950, 9674, 9701, 9759 of 2025.
What did the court decide?
Directive relief only; no immediate monetary or declaratory relief. All the batch of writ petitions stand disposed off with directions: the petitioners to submit fresh representations along with the Court's order within four weeks, and the Director, Primary Education, Government of Bihar, Patna (respondent no. 3) to consider the representations, preferably within twelve weeks of receipt/production of a copy of the order, and pass a reasoned and speaking order in the light of LPA No. 1699 of 2013, CWJC No. 9416 of 2019, CWJC No. 11300 of 2025 and Memo No. 1790 dated 16.10.2024 (whereby identically situated persons were allowed the relief sought), keeping in mind the aims and object of the Bihar State Litigation Policy, 2011, especially Rule 4.C (1) thereof.