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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Harish Kumar
Rakesh Kumar Mishra, S/o Late B.K. Mishra – Appellant
Versus
State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Law Department – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Harish Kumar, J.
Heard Mr. Abhinav Srivastava, learned Senior Advocate with Mr. Pushkar Bhardwaj, learned Advocate for the petitioner and Mr. Gopal Krishna, learned Advocate for the State.
2. The question for consideration in the present writ petition is, as to whether the petitioner, who had been serving East Central Railway at Patna, on being selected for the post of Assistant in the Establishment of the Patna High Court, Patna in pursuant to an advertisement was entitled to the benefit of pay protection in terms with the provisions contained under Rule-78 of Bihar Service Code.
3. Before coming to the impugned order(s), it would be pertinent to give the short facts of the case, in the premise of which, the present writ petition came to be filed.
(i) The petitioner after facing due process, on being duly selected, was appointed against the post of Chemical & Metallurgical Assistant-II, in the East Central Railway in the Grade Pay of Rs.5000-8000/- vide Office Order dated 12.12.2001 (Annexure-1). During the service tenure, the petitioner was posted at Work Shop Project under East Central Railway at Patna, in the meanwhile, in pursuant to Advertisement No.1/2010 issued by the
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