IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.17536 of 2013 ======================================================

Som Ranjan Kumar Son of Raj Narayan Singh Resident of Tilak Nagar, Modipur, Muzaffarpur, P.S. Kazi Mohammadpur, District- Muzaffarpur. At Present Posted As Accounts Assistant, Tirhut, Area Board, Muzaffarpur ... ... Petitioner/s Versus

1. The State of Bihar

2. The Secretary Department of Energy Govt. Of Bihar, Patna

3. The Bihar State Power Holding Co. Ltd. Through Its Chairman-Cum-

Managing Director, Patna

4. The Secretary, Bihar State Power Holding Company Ltd. Patna

5. The Deputy General Manager H.R. Bihar State Power Holding Company Ltd. Vidyut Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna ... ... Respondent/s ======================================================

Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : M/s Jagdish Prasad Singh Ashish Kumar, Rajeev Ranjan Apurva Mishra, Advocates For the State : Mr. Manikant Mishra Mr. Anil Kumar Singh, GP 26 For Power Company : Mr. Anand Kumar Ojha, Sr. Advocate ======================================================

CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. G. ANUPAMA CHAKRAVARTHY

ORAL JUDGMENT

Date : 18-02-2026

1. The petitioner has filed the inst