State of Bihar vs Amod Prabodhi - 2024 Supreme(Pat) 103

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2024 Supreme(Pat) 103

K. VINOD CHANDRAN, HARISH KUMAR
State of Bihar – Appellant
Versus
Amod Prabodhi – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For Respondent Nos.: Mr. Mrigank Mauli,
1, 3, 7 & 9 Sr. Adv., Sanket (in 604).
For Respondent Nos.: Mr. Satyam Shivam
2 and 8 Sundaram (in 604).
For Respondent Nos.: Mr. Anjani Kumar
4, 5 & 6 Jha (in 604).
For Respondent Nos.: M/s Sarvesh
1, 2 & 3 Kumar Singh, AAG-13, Ravi Kumar (AC to AAG-13) (in 622).
For Respondent No.1: Mr. Amaresh Kumar Singh, Dineshwar Prasad Singh (in 833).
For LNMU : M/s Bindhyachal Rai (in 604, 622, 1007); Sailesh Kumar (in 604); Sunil Kumar Karn, Nadim Seraj (in 832, 833, 835, 836); Shailesh Kumar (in 834, 890); Amarendra Kumar (in 1007).
For MU : Mr. Siddhartha Prasad (in 604, 622, 832-835, 890, 1007, 836).
For BSUSC : Mr. Harsh Singh (in 604, 622, 832-836, 890, 1007); Tuhin Shankar (in 604).
For BRA.Bihar University : Mr. Rakesh Kumar Singh ((in 604, Indradesh Kumar (in 834, 835); Viveka Nand Singh (in 622); Bindhyachal Rai (in 1007).
For Patna University : Mr. Nadim Seraj (in 604, 622, 1007) Shahbaj Alam (in 604, 622); Kinkar Kumar (in 834).
For JP University : Mr. Shyam Sundar Kumar((in 604); Bindhyachal Rai(in 622, 622, 890)
For Patliputra University : Mr. Rakesh Kumar Singh (in 604).
For BNM University : M/s Shyam Sundar Kumar (in 604); Ritesh Kumar (in 604, 622, 834, 890).
For Munger University : Mr. Shyam Sundar Kumar (in 604); Ritesh Kumar (in 604, 834, 890).
For V K S University : M/s Ramesh Gupta, Anant Kumar (in 604).
For TMBU : Mr. Ashraf Mustaffa (in 604).
For the Chancellor : Mr. Janardan Singh, Sr. Adv.(in 604, 622) R.R.K. Pandey (in 622).
For the PPU : Mr. Rana Vikram Singh, Rasika(in 622, 890, 1007).
For the State : Mr. P. K. Shahi, AG (in 622).
For Private Resp. : Mr. Anjani Kumar Jha (in 834).
For the VKMU : Mr. Kinkar Kumar (in 890).
For KSDS University : Mr. Binay Kumar Singh (in 890).

K. Vinod Chandran, CJ. – Reservations in appointments have always given rise to contentious issues of the application of the percentage vis-a-vis the vacancies; which in the present case has stalled the appointments pursuant to an advertisement of the year 2020, till today. The above batch of appeals challenge the judgment of the learned Single Judge in a batch of writ petitions. The writ petitions were allowed directing the Government to redo the reservations, by clubbing the vacancies in each subject of the various Universities and after determining the backlog vacancies properly. The State in their appeals challenge only the direction to club the vacancies in the different Universities. LPA No. 622 of 2023 challenge the judgment in its entirety; both on the clubbing and the reworking of backlog vacancies and pray for the selection to be carried out as per the advertisement. LPA No. 890 of 2023 and LPA No. 1007 of 2023, challenge the judgment as wholly erroneous and seek quashing the advertisement for a proper determination of backlog vacancies, but, support the State insofar as the challenge against clubbing of vacancies. The appeals were placed before us along with two writ pet

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2024 Supreme(Pat) 103

K. VINOD CHANDRAN, HARISH KUMARState of Bihar – AppellantVersusAmod Prabodhi – Respondent

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K. VINOD CHANDRAN, HARISH KUMAR
State of Bihar – Appellant
Versus
Amod Prabodhi – Respondent