Priya Ranjan Kumar v. The State of Bihar

.... .... Respondents ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MIHIR KUMAR JHA ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MIHIR KUMAR JHA) 3 30-01-2012 Having heard learned counsel for the parties and taking into account that the case of the petitioner is squarely covered by the ratio in the Division Bench of this Court in the case of Prushottam Kumar @ Purushattam Kumar Vs. The State of Bihar & Ors. reported in 2005(3)PLJR 458, this Court would direct the competent authority to re-consider the case of the petitioner by treating him to be the son of the deceased employee. Such consideration, however, even after the petitioner being treated as son of the deceased employee, would remain subject to his fulfillment of any other terms of eligibility as laid down in the Government Circular dated 5.10.1991. In the result the impugned order as contained in Annexure no.8 is quashed and with a direction that the case of Patna High Court CWJC No.17788 of 2010 (3) dt.30-01-2012 2 the petitioner in the manner indicated above must be considered and the final resultant decision must be taken as with regard to his appointment on compassionate ground by all the concerned authorities within a period of six months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. Rishi/- (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.) 2