IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Letters Patent Appeal No.191 of 2025 In Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.17382 of 2024 ======================================================

Prof. (Dr.) Shyam Sundar Gupta ... ... Appellant/s Versus The State of Bihar & Ors.

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

Appearance :

For the Appellant/s : Mr. Abhinav Srivastava, Sr. Adv.

Md. Tauseef Waquar, Adv.

Mr. Akshat Kumar, Adv.

Mr. Randhiar Kumar No.1, Adv.

Mr. Pranav Kumar For the Respondent/s : Mr. S.D. Yadav, AAG-9 For the Resp No.10 : Mr. Amit Shrivastava, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Girish Pandey, Adv.

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CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE)

8 18-02-2026 This Letters Patent Appeal has been preferred by the appellant challenging the order dated 15.02.2025 passed by the learned Single Judge in C.W.J.C. No.17382 of 2024.

2. The aforesaid writ petition has been filed by the writ-petitioner for quashing of the order dated 25.10.2024 issued under the signature of Additional Chief Secretary, Health Department, wherein it was decided that the seniorit