IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI Cont. Case (Civil) No. 247 of 2020

1. Shankar Prasad Keshari, aged about 62 years, S/o late Sukhdeo Prasad, R/o Katoria Bazar, Suiya Road, P.O. – Katoria Bazar, P.S. – Katoria, District – Banka (Bihar).

2. Suman Jee, aged about 58 years, S/o late Jai Prakash Prasad, R/o Rajabagaicha, P.O. – Rajabagaicha, P.S. – Deoghar, District – Deoghar, (Jharkhand).

3. Shambhu Prasad Jaiswal, aged about 63 years, S/o late Rajendra Prasad Jaiswal, R/o Trakar Stand, Bajar Chowk, P.O. & P.S.- Munger, District –

Munger (Bihar).

4. Basudeo Prasad Yadav, aged about 66 years, S/o Sri Nand Kishore Yadav, R/o Hanshdiha Hathgarh, P.O. & P.S.- Hansdiha, District – Dumka (Jharkhand).

5. Thakur Vijay Kumar Sinha, aged about 64 years, S/o late Visheshwar Sinha, R/o DSP Road, Kuwanar Singh, P.O. & P.S.- Gumla, District –

Gumla (Jharkhand).

6. Surendra Prasad @ Suresh Prasad, aged about 66 years, S/o late Seopujan Prasad, R/o Matwari Kumahar Toli Hira Bag, P.O. & P.S.- Hazaribagh, District – Hazaribagh, (Jharkhand).

7. Sarfraz Alam, aged about 65 years, S/o late Md. Fakhruddin, R/o Sarwar Cottage, Ansar Nagar, Pelawal Road, P.O. & P.S.- Pelawal Road, District – Hazaribagh, (Jharkhand).

8. Ashok Bhattacharjee, aged about 64 years, S/o late Sailaja Kumar Bhattacharjee, R/o Old Kali Badi, Kali Bari Road, P.O. – Hazaribagh, P.S.

– Sadar, District – Hazaribagh, (Jharkhand).

9. Awadhesh Kumar Tiwari, aged about 62 years, S/o late Kedarnath Tiwari, R/o Chandmari Road, Gali No. 1 Kankadbagh, P.O. & P.S.- Kankadbagh, District – Patha, Bihar.

10. Vijay Kumar Sinha, aged about 63 years, S/o late Thakur Prasad, R/o Shiv Kumar Lal Road new area Hamidganj, P.O. & P.S.- Daltonganj, District – Palamu, Jharkhand.

11. Jageshwar Choudhary, aged about 58 years, S/o Bawichan Choudhary, R/o Bisunpur Arara, P.O. – Bisunpur Arara, P.S. – Garail, District –

Vashali, Bihar.

12. Lalji Prasad, aged about 58 years, S/o Bhagwan Saw, R/o NCI road, Hamidganj, Daltonganj, P.O. & P.S.- Daltonganj, District – Palamu, Jharkhand.

13. Jawed Akahtar, aged about 58 years, S/o Md. Younus Khan, R/o Muslim nagar, P.O. & P.S.- Medninagar, District – Palamu, Jharkhand.

14. Varun Ranjan, aged about 32 years, S/o late Vijay Kumar, R/o Ishlampur, P.O. & P.S.- Hajipur, District – Vashali, Bihar.

15. Arun Kumar Singh, aged about 63 years, S/o Shri Ram Tabakya Singh, R/o Ward No. 1, Hamidganj, P.O. & P.S.- Daltonganj, District – Palamu, Jharkhand.

16. Pratap Singh, aged about 56 years, S/o Suraj Singh, R/o Redma, P.O. &

P.S.- Daltonganj, District – Palamu, Jharkhand.

17. Rajendra Pandey, aged about 62 years, S/o late Brij Bihari Pandey, R/o Bandhu, P.O. – Shapur, P.S. – Chainpur, District – Palamu, Jharkhand.

18. Madan Mohan Lal Mahto, aged about 63 years, S/o late Ram Chandra Mahto, R/o Akbarpur P.O. – Mathurapur, P.S. – Arib Nagar, District –

Samastipur, Bihar.

19. Sarfaraz Ahmad, aged about 65 years, S/o late Basir Ahmad, R/o Subash Marg, Kohinar Gali, P.O. & P.S.- Hazaribagh, District – Hazaribagh, Jharkhand.

… … Petitioners Versus

1. The State of Jharkhand.

2. Sri Sukhdev Singh, S/o not known, Chief Secretary, Government of Jharkhand, Project Building, P.O. & P.S.- Dhurwa, District – Ranchi.

3. Sri K. Ravi Kumar, S/o not known, the Principal Secretary, Transport Department, Government of Jharkhand, Project Building, P.O. & P.S.-

Dhurwa, District – Ranchi.

4. Sri Sanjay Kumar Agrawal, S/o not known, Principal Secretary, Government of Bihar, Department of Finance Patna, P.O. & P.S.- Patna, District – Patna, Bihar.

5. Sri Sanjay Kumar Agrawal, S/o not known, Bihar State Road Transport Corporation through its Administrator, Parivahan Bhawan Birchand Patel Path, Patna, P.O. & P.S.- Patna, Bihar.

… … Opp. Parties With W.P.(S). No. 7417 of 2017

1. Birendra Kumar, S/o late Badri Narayan, R/o C/o Prakash Kumar Keshri, near Amar Chowk, Chutia, P.O. & P.S.- Chutia, District – Ranchi, Jharkhand.

2. Birendra Kumar Tiwari, S/o late Bishwanath Tiwari, r/o C/o Ramnath Sah, new Amrawati Colony, P.O. & P.S.- Chut