HARISH KUMAR
Preeti Kumari – Appellant
Versus
State of Bihar – Respondent
Harish Kumar, J. – Heard the learned Advocates for the petitioners and the learned Advocates for the respondents.
2. In the bunch of the writ petitions, there are two sets of writ petitions; one set of teachers are ‘Head Teachers’ and another set of teachers are ‘Head Masters’. Since the issue(s) in these writ petitions are one and identical, with the consent of the parties, all these writ petitions have been heard together and are being disposed off by a common order.
3. For the appreciation, the facts narrated in C.W.J.C. No.11252 of 2025, which deals with the case of Head Teachers and in relation to Head Masters in C.W.J.C. No.12219 of 2025 shall be treated as lead case whereas the counter affidavit filed in the afore-noted C.W.J.C. No.11252 of 2025 duly sworn by the Joint Director, Primary Education, Government of Bihar shall be treated as response to all the writ petitions, since the stand of the State is one and identical in all the cases.
4. The 1st set of Teachers were appointed as Head Teachers in primary and elementary schools, pursuant to the examinations conducted by the Bihar Public Service Commission (for short ‘the BPSC’) under the Advertisement No. 25/2024. Their appoi
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