IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.2690 of 2026 ======================================================

Dilip Kumar Singh Son of Late Deep Narayan Singh, Resident of Village- Mahuani, Police Station- Awatar Nagar, District- Saran at Chapra. At present posted and working as an Assistant Teacher in Govt. Primary School Barbanna, Anchal- Dighwara, District- Saran at Chapra.

... ... Petitioner/s Versus

1. The State of Bihar through the Chief Secretary, Govt. of Bihar, Patna.

2. The Additional Chief Secretary-cum-the Principal Secretary, Education Department, Government of Bihar, Patna.

3. The Director, Primary Education, Education Department, Government of Bihar, Patna.

4. The Regional Deputy Director of Education, Saran Division, Chapra.

5. The District Education Officer, Saran at Chapra.

6. The District Education Officer-cum-the Chairman of District Teachers Promotion Committee, Saran at Chapra.

7. The District Programme Officer (Establishment), Saran at Chapra.

8. The District Programme Officer (Establishment), -cum-the Member Secretary of District Teachers Promotion Committee, Saran at Chapra.

9. The District Accounts Officer, Saran at Chapra. 10. The District Treasury Officer, Saran at Chapra.

... ... Respondent/s ======================================================

Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Umesh Kumar Mishra, Adv For the Respondent/s : Mr. K.K. Singh, AC to Government Pleader (22) ======================================================

CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER

2 19-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the respondent-State.

2. With the consent of both the parties, this writ application is being disposed of at this stage itself.

3. In the present writ application, the petitioner has prayed for the grant of following reliefs:

(i) For issuance of an appropriate writ in the nature of mandamus for commanding and directing the respondent authorities concerned to promote the petitioner in the scale of graduate trained pay on the basis of his qualification of Sahitya Alankar (equivalent to graduation) from Hindi Vidyapeeth, Deoghar, Jharkhand after eight years of service in matric trained pay scale i.e. since 2002 or any convenient date and thereafter in the scale of Headmaster from the due date of his entitlement as per Bihar Nationalized Elementary Teacher Promotion Rule, 1993 in the light of the order passed by this Hon'ble High Court in the case of similarly situated teachers vide CWJC No. 15610 of 2018 (Raghvendra Sharma and Others vs. the State of Bihar and Others), as the petitioner had joined as an Assistant on compassionate ground on 13.05.1994 and had passed Sahitya Alankar from Hindi Vidyapeeth Deoghar, Jharkhand in the year 1996 and as the said degree is recognized upto 2016 for all purposes as per the decision of C.W.J.C. No. 16183/2012 (Raj Ranjan and Others vs. the State of Bihar and Others), the petitioner is entitled for grant of promotion in the scale of graduate trained pay on the basis of his equalization of Sahitya Alankar from Hindi Vidyapeeth, Deoghar, Jharkhand and also the scale of Headmaster from the due date of his entitlement as several similarly situated teachers' or even junior to the petitioner, who were also having the degree of Sahitya Alankar from Hindi Vidyapeeth, Deoghar, Jharkhand, have already been given the actual benefits under the aforesaid order of the Hon'ble High Court but the petitioner has been deprived till date.

(ii) For issuance of an appropriate writ in the nature of certiorari for quashing the part of memo no. 218 dated 27.02.2023 issued by the Director, Primary Education, Govt. of Bihar, Patna, by which, the decision has been taken to provide the benefit of promotion in graduate trained pay scale in compliance of the order passed by this Hon'ble High Court in CWJC No. 15610/2018 (Raghvendra Sharma and Others vs. the State of Bihar) only to such teachers, who have already been recom