IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
SANGAM KUMAR SAHOO, CJ, HARISH KUMAR
Arjun Kumar S/o Late Hiralal Singh – Appellant
Versus
State of Bihar – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
HARISH KUMAR, J.
1. We have meticulously heard the learned Senior Advocates and Advocates appearing in this batch of the appeals on behalf of the respective parties.
2. Considering the fact that in all the intra court appeals, challenge has been led to the judgment dated 07.03.2025 passed by a learned Single Judge of this Court in cluster of writ petitions, being C.W.J.C. No. 16170 of 2022 and other analogous cases, with the consent of the parties, the same have been taken up together and being disposed of by this common judgment/order.
3. For better appreciation of the issues involved in this batch of the appeals, this Court deems it apt and proper to give the short facts of the cases, which in sum and substance, are similar and duly narrated in the impugned judgment/order; which led to filing of the present Letters Patent Appeals before this Court.
4. The writ petitioners-appellants herein were the candidates for the post of Panchayat Teacher/Prakhand Teacher under the Bihar Panchayat Primary Teacher (Recruitment and Service Conditions) Rules, 2006 and its amended Rules, 2008. Having found eligible, the appellants had applied for the post of Panchayat Teacher/Prakhand Teach
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