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2026 Supreme(Pat) 248

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
SANGAM KUMAR SAHOO, ALOK KUMAR SINHA
State of Bihar Through the Director General of Police, Government of Bihar, Patna – Appellant
Versus
Sonu Kumar Son of Sri Bindeshwar Mahto – Respondent


Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Appellants :Mr. P.K. Shahi, Advocate General, Mr. Sheo Shankar Prasad, Advocate
Mr. Anil Kumar, Advocate, Mr. Sanjay Kumar, Advocate,
For the Respondents:Mr. Kumar Kaushik, Advocate, Mrs. Namrata Dubey, Advocate, Mr. Hemant Ray, Advocate
For the BPSSC :Mr. Sanjay Pandey, Advocate, Mr. Nishant Kumar Jha, Advocate

JUDGMENT :

Sangam Kumar Sahoo, CJ.

1. The present Letters Patent Appeal arises out of the judgment and order dated 20.01.2025 passed by the learned Single Judge in C.W.J.C. No. 6827 of 2023 whereby the writ petition preferred by the writ petitioner, Sonu Kumar was allowed and the order of dismissal from service passed against him was set aside.

2. The writ petitioner approached this Court seeking, inter alia, the following reliefs:

"i. For issuance of an order, direction or a writ of certiorari for quashing and setting aside the order contained in Memo No. 1742 dated 20.06.2022 and the consequential order contained in Memo No. 1620 dated 27.06.2020 whereby and whereunder the petitioner who was appointed Sub-Inspector of Police has been dismissed from service allegedly on the ground that he had suppressed the pendency of criminal case against him in his application form against advertisement number 01/2017.

ii. For issuance of an order, direction or a writ of certiorari for quashing and setting aside the order dated 14.02.2023 whereby and whereunder the competent authority has been pleased to dismiss the appeal of the petitioner against the order of dismissal from service.

iii. For issuan

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