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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.1370 of 2026

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1. Anand Kishor Singh Son of Late Raghav Singh, resident of Ward No.26,

Baluatal near Sapahi Devi Mandir, P.S.- Motihari Town, District- East

Champaran.

2. Suman Kumar Shrivastava Son of Late Shambhu Saran Shrivastava, resident

of Village- Chintawanpur, P.S.- Mehsi, District- East Champaran.

3. Chitranjan Kumar Rao Son of Late Ramlochan Rao, resident of Village-

Khushi Tola, P.S.- Bairiya, District- West Champaran.

4. Pran Ranjan Prasad Son of Late Lal Narain Prasad, resident of Mohalla-

Kalibagh, Bettiah, P.S.- Kalibagh O.P., District- West Champaran.

5. Renu Verma Wife of Late Nand Kishore Prasad Shrivastav, resident of

Kalibag Ghusukpur, P.S.-Kalibag O.P., District- West Champaran

6. Hrishekesh Kumar Singh Son of Late Vijay Bahadur Singh, resident of Ward

No.5 Machharganwa Bazar, P.S. Yogapati, District- West Champaran.

7. Rajnish Kumar Son of Late Satyanarayan Sinha, resident of Kolhua Chowk

Mithan Saray Road, P.S.- Ahiyapur, District- Muzaffarpur.

8. Pranav Kumar Son of Late Ram Vivek Chaudhary, resident of Village-

Dihbuchauli, P.S.- Jandaha, District- Vaishali.

9. Rajesh Ram Son of Late Jaigovind Ram, resident of Ward No.31, Ambedkar

Colony, Baswariya, P.S.- Bettiah, District- West Champaran.

10. Manoj Kumar Son of Late Chandra Shekhar Prasad Sinha, resident of

Lauria, P.S.-Lauria, District- West Champaran.

11. Ajeet Kumar Son of Late Yugal Kishore Ray, resident of Naya Tola

Technical Chowk, P.S.- Muzaffarpur Town, District- Muzaffarpur.

12. Vinay Kumar Tiwari Son of Late Braj Kishor Tiwari, resident of Mohalla-

Wideshee Tola, P.S.- Thawe, District- Gopalganj.

13. Kumud Ranjan Son of Jayshri Lal Chaudhari, resident of Village- Bholuhai,

P.S.-Shikarganj, District- East Champaran.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar through Additional Chief Secretary, Education

Department, New Secretariat, Patna.

2. Principal Secretary, Finance Department, Government of Bihar, Old

Secretariat, Patna.

3. Director, Primary Education, Education Department, New Secretariat, Patna.

4. Regional Deputy Director of Education, Tirhut Division, Muzaffarpur.

5. Regional Deputy Director of Education, Saran Division, Saran.

6. Regional Deputy Director of Education, Patna Division, Patna.

... ... Respondent/s

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Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Pratap Sharma, Advocate

For the Respondent/s : Mr. Standing Counsel (20)

Mrs. Puspanjali Sharma, AC to SC-20

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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJIT KUMAR

Patna High Court CWJC No.1370 of 2026(2) dt.29-01-2026

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ORAL ORDER

2 29-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned

counsel for the State.

2. The writ petition has been filed for the following

reliefs :-

For issuance of an appropriate writ/writs,

order/orders, direction/directions for grant of

matric trained scale to the petitioners on

completion of 3 years from the date of joining of

the petitioners along with all consequential

benefits by quashing the order dated 30.06.2023 as

contained in memo No. 1034 whereby and

whereunder similarly situated persons to the

petitioners have been granted the aforesaid

benefits but the petitioners have been denied for

the same on account of lapse of the respondents in

sending for in service training belatedly and for

other necessary relief/reliefs on the basis of facts

and circumstances of the case.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioners, by referring to

the judgment / order passed in the case of Abdus Samad v. The

State of Bihar and Others vide C.W.J.C. No.7322 of 2017

submits that his case is squarely covered by the aforementioned

case and representation for grant of trained pay scale, has

already been made, but the same has still not been considered. It

has next been submitted that similarly situated persons have

been granted such benefits vide Annexure-P/10 but for no

prudent reason, the claim of