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Md. Kaushar Ujjal Kumar Sardar v. The State of Jharkhand through the Principal Secretary, School Education

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI W.P. (S) No. 481 of 2024 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Rajkishor Mahto Devendra Kumar Dashrath Mahto Mitrajit Prajapati Ranjit Prajapati Md. Imran Asif Baleshwar Mahto ... ... Versus ... Petitioners 2. 1. The State of Jharkhand through Principal Secretary, Human Resources Development, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi. The Director of Primary Education, Human Resources Development, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi. 3. Deputy Superintendent Education, Bokaro 4. District Superintendent Education, Hazaribagh 5. District Superintendent Education, Chatra 6. District Superintendent Education, Giridih 7. District Superintendent Education, Dhanbad 8. Deputy Superintendent Education, Deoghar Deputy Superintendent Education, Jamtara 9. 10. Deputy Superintendent Education, Dumka With W.P. (S) No. 742 of 2024 ... … Respondents 1. 2. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. Md. Kaushar Ujjal Kumar Sardar ... ... ... Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand through the Principal Secretary, School Education and Literacy Department, Govt. of Jharkhand, Ranchi The Director, Primary Education (Directorate of Education), School Education and Literacy Department, Govt. of Jharkhand, Ranchi The Deputy Commissioner - Cum - Chairman, District Education Established Committee, Latehar The District Superintendent of Education, Latehar The Deputy Commissioner - Cum - Chairman, District Education Established Committee, Palamu The District Superintendent of Education, Palamu The Deputy Commissioner - Cum - Chairman, District Education Established Committee, Garhwa The District Superintendent of Education, Garhwa The Deputy Commissioner - Cum - Chairman, District Education Established Committee, Ranchi The District Superintendent of Education, Ranchi The Deputy Commissioner - Cum - Chairman, District Education Established Committee, Hazaribagh The District Superintendent of Education, Hazaribagh The Deputy Commissioner - Cum - Chairman, District Education Established Committee, Koderma The District Superintendent of Education, Koderma The Deputy Commissioner - Cum - Chairman, District Education Established Committee, East Singhbhum The District Superintendent of Education, East Singhbhum 2 The Deputy Commissioner - Cum - Chairman, District Education Established Committee, Dhanbad The District Superintendent of Education, Dhanbad The Deputy Commissioner - Cum - Chairman, District Education Established Committee, Chatra The District Superintendent of Education, Chatra The Deputy Commissioner - Cum - Chairman, District Education Established Committee, Sahebganj The District Superintendent of Education, Sahebganj The Deputy Commissioner - Cum - Chairman, District Education Established Committee, Giridih The District Superintendent of Education, Giridih The Deputy Commissioner - Cum - Chairman, District Education Established Committee, Pakur The District Superintendent of Education, Pakur The Deputy Commissioner - Cum - Chairman, District Education Established Committee, Godda The District Superintendent of Education, Godda The Deputy Commissioner - Cum - Chairman, District Education Established Committee, Jamtara The District Superintendent of Education, Jamtara The Deputy Commissioner - Cum - Chairman, District Education Established Committee, Bokaro The District Superintendent of Education, Bokaro The Deputy Commissioner - Cum - Chairman, District Education Established Committee, Dumka The District Superintendent of Education, Dumka The Deputy Commissioner - Cum - Chairman, District Education Established Committee, Seraikela The District Superintendent of Education, Seraikela The Deputy Commissioner - Cum - Chairman, District Education Established Committee, Deoghar The District Superintendent of Education, Deoghar The Deputy Commissioner - Cum - Chairman, District Education Established Committee, Ramgarh The District Superintendent of Education, Ramgarh ... … Respondents With W.P. (S) No. 757 of 2024 Niranjan Kumar Singh Kapil Deo Mandal Subhash Kumar Mandal Binay Kumar Shankar Prasad Arya Bablu Chanchal Rajeev Kumar Sinha Deepak Kumar Agarwal ... ... ... Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand through the Secretary, School Education and Literacy Department, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi The Secretary, Primary Education, School Education and Literacy Department, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi. The Director, Primary Education, School Education and Literacy Department, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 1. 2. 3. 3 The Deputy Commissioner, Bokaro The Deputy Commissioner, Jamtara The Deputy Commissioner, Dhanbad The Deputy Commissioner, Pakur The Deputy Commissioner, Hazaribagh The Deputy Commissioner, Giridih The Deputy Commissioner, Godda The Deputy Commissioner, Sahebganj The Deputy Commissioner, Koderma The Deputy Commissioner, Ramgarh The Deputy Commissioner, Deoghar The Deputy Commissioner, Dumka The Deputy Commissioner, Chatra The District Superintendent of Education, Bokaro The District Superintendent of Education, Jamtara The District Superintendent of Education, Dhanbad The District Superintendent of Education, Pakur The District Superintendent of Education, Hazaribagh The District Superintendent of Education, Giridih The District Superintendent of Education, Godda The District Superintendent of Education, Sahebganj The District Superintendent of Education, Koderma The District Superintendent of Education, Ramgarh The District Superintendent of Education, Deoghar The District Superintendent of Education, Dumka The District Superintendent of Education, Chatra ... … With W.P. (S) No. 760 of 2024 Respondents Trilochan Mandal Sanjeev Kumar Kranti Anil Kumar Yadav ... ... ... Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand through the Secretary, School Education and Literacy Department, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi The Secretary, Secondary Education, School Education and Literacy Department, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi. The Director, Secondary Education, School Education and Literacy Department, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi. The Deputy Commissioner, Bokaro The Deputy Commissioner, Jamtara The Deputy Commissioner, Dhanbad The Deputy Commissioner, Pakur The Deputy Commissioner, Hazaribagh The Deputy Commissioner, Giridih The Deputy Commissioner, Godda The Deputy Commissioner, Sahebganj The Deputy Commissioner, Koderma The Deputy Commissioner, Ramgarh The Deputy Commissioner, Deoghar The Deputy Commissioner, Dumka The Deputy Commissioner, Chatra The District Superintendent of Education, Bokaro The District Superintendent of Education, Jamtara 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 1. 2. 3. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 4 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. The District Superintendent of Education, Dhanbad The District Superintendent of Education, Pakur The District Superintendent of Education, Hazaribagh The District Superintendent of Education, Giridih The District Superintendent of Education, Godda The District Superintendent of Education, Sahebganj The District Superintendent of Education, Koderma The District Superintendent of Education, Ramgarh The District Superintendent of Education, Deoghar The District Superintendent of Education, Dumka The District Superintendent of Education, Chatra ... … With W.P. (S) No. 852 of 2024 Respondents Mukesh Kumar Gupta 1. Meena Kumari 2. Asha Kumari 3. Sanjay Kumar 4. Hemant Kumar Mandal 5. Nibaran Kumar 6. Harsha Bardhan Mahato 7. Jagriti Tuti 8. 9. Sunita Kispotta 10. Medline Lakra 11. Manoj Kumar Mehta 12. Raghwendra Kumar Seth 13. Pankaj Kumar Upadhyay 14. Sanjay Kumar Mishra 15. Devendra Kumar Mandal 16. Alpna Toppo 17. Shalini Toppo 18. Sudha Sapna Lakra 19. Preity Kumari 20. Subhash Pandey 21. Mirulal Soren 22. Ravi Prakash 23. Nusrat Jahan 24. Rajani Kerketta 25. Azimuddin Ansari 26. Bishun Dayal 27. Abraham Manish Lakra 28. Babita Sinha 29. Albela Kiran Topno 30. Rubina Singh 31. Sangita Suchita Minz 32. Seema Kujur 33. Varun Kumar Sharma 34. Usha Kiran Kujur 35. Pradeep Kumar Mahato 36. Ananda Singh Sardar ... ... ... Petitioners Versus 1. The State of Jharkhand through Secretary/ Principal Secretary, School Education and Literacy Department, Ranchi. 5 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. The Director, Primary School Education and Literacy Department, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi. The Secretary, Primary School Education and Literacy Department, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi The Deputy Commissioner, Bokaro The District Superintendent of Education, Bokaro The Deputy Commissioner, Jamtara The District Superintendent of Education, Jamtara The Deputy Commissioner, Dhanbad The District Superintendent of Education, Dhanbad The Deputy Commissioner, Pakur The District Superintendent of Education, Pakur The Deputy Commissioner, Hazaribagh The District Superintendent of Education, Hazaribagh The Deputy Commissioner, Giridih The District Superintendent of Education, Giridih The Deputy Commissioner, Godda The District Superintendent of Education, Godda The Deputy Commissioner, Sahebganj The District Superintendent of Education, Sahebganj The Deputy Commissioner, Koderma The District Superintendent of Education, Koderma The Deputy Commissioner, Ramgarh The District Superintendent of Education, Ramgarh The Deputy Commissioner, Deoghar The District Superintendent of Education, Deoghar The Deputy Commissioner, Dumka The District Superintendent of Education, Dumka The Deputy Commissioner, Chatra The District Superintendent of Education, Chatra The Deputy Commissioner, Palamau The District Superintendent of Education, Palamau The Deputy Commissioner, West Singhbhum, Chaibasa The District- Superintendent of Education, West Singhbhum, Chaibasa The Deputy Commissioner, Seraikella-Kharsawan The District Superintendent of Education, Seraikella- Kharsawan The Deputy Commissioner, Ranchi The District Superintendent of Education, Ranchi The Deputy Commissioner, Latehar The District Superintendent of Education, Latehar The Deputy Commissioner, Simdega The District Superintendent of Education, Simdega The Deputy Commissioner, East Singhbhum The District Superintendent of Education, East Singhbhum The Deputy Commissioner, Lohardaga The District Superintendent of Education, Lohardaga The Deputy Commissioner, Garhwa The District Superintendent of Education, Garhwa The Deputy Commissioner, Gumla The District Superintendent of Education, Gumla The Deputy Commissioner, Khunti The District Superintendent of Education, Khunti Respondents … With 6 W.P. (S) No. 862 of 2024 1. 2. 3. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. Md. Sentu Shaikh Pappu Mandal Abul Kalam ... ... Versus ... Petitioners The State of Jharkhand through the Principal Secretary, School Education and Literacy Department, Govt. of Jharkhand, Ranchi The Director, Primary Education (Directorate of Education), School Education and Literacy Department, Govt. of Jharkhand, Ranchi The Deputy Commissioner - Cum - Chairman, District Education Established Committee, Ranchi The District Superintendent of Education, Ranchi The Deputy Commissioner - Cum - Chairman, District Education Established Committee, Hazaribagh The District Superintendent of Education, Hazaribagh The Deputy Commissioner - Cum - Chairman, District Education Established Committee, Koderma The District Superintendent of Education, Koderma The Deputy Commissioner - Cum - Chairman, District Education Established Committee, East Singhbhum The District Superintendent of Education, East Singhbhum The Deputy Commissioner - Cum - Chairman, District Education Established Committee, Dhanbad The District Superintendent of Education, Dhanbad The Deputy Commissioner - Cum - Chairman, District Education Established Committee, Chatra The District Superintendent of Education, Chatra The Deputy Commissioner - Cum - Chairman, District Education Established Committee, Sahebganj The District Superintendent of Education, Sahebganj The Deputy Commissioner - Cum - Chairman, District Education Established Committee, Giridih The District Superintendent of Education, Giridih The Deputy Commissioner - Cum - Chairman, District Education Established Committee, Pakur The District Superintendent of Education, Pakur The Deputy Commissioner - Cum - Chairman, District Education Established Committee, Godda The District Superintendent of Education, Godda The Deputy Commissioner - Cum - Chairman, District Education Established Committee, Jamtara The District Superintendent of Education, Jamtara The Deputy Commissioner - Cum - Chairman, District Education Established Committee, Bokaro The District Superintendent of Education, Bokaro The Deputy Commissioner - Cum - Chairman, District Education Established Committee, Dumka The District Superintendent of Education, Dumka The Deputy Commissioner - Cum - Chairman, District Education Established Committee, Seraikela The District Superintendent of Education, Seraikela The Deputy Commissioner - Cum - Chairman, District Education Established Committee, Deoghar The District Superintendent of Education, Deoghar 7 33. 34. The Deputy Commissioner - Cum - Chairman, District Education Established Committee, Ramgarh The District Superintendent of Education, Ramgarh ... … Respondents With W.P. (S) No. 867 of 2024 1. 2. 3. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Basudeo Das Dilip Kumar Mishra Biswas Bhokta ... ... ... Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand The Principal Secretary, School Education and Literacy Department, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi The Director, Primary Education, School Education and Literacy Department, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi The Deputy Commissioner, Chatra The Deputy Commissioner, Koderma The Deputy Commissioner, Dhanbad The Deputy Commissioner, Pakur The Deputy Commissioner, Deoghar The Deputy Commissioner, Giridih The Deputy Commissioner, Bokaro The Deputy Commissioner, Godda The Deputy Commissioner, Dumka The Deputy Commissioner, Hazaribagh The Deputy Commissioner, Ramgarh The Deputy Commissioner, Sahebganj The Deputy Commissioner, Jamtara Respondents ... … With W.P. (S) No. 905 of 2024 Manoj Kumar Sah Anil Kumar Kushwaha Om Prakash Roy Meena Hembrom Parimala Tudu Lakshman Prasad Gupta Sourabh Kumar ... ... ... Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand The Principal Secretary, School Education and Literacy Department, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi The Director, Primary Education, School Education and Literacy Department, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi The Deputy Commissioner, Chatra The Deputy Commissioner, Koderma The Deputy Commissioner, Dhanbad The Deputy Commissioner, Pakur The Deputy Commissioner, Deoghar The Deputy Commissioner, Giridih The Deputy Commissioner, Bokaro The Deputy Commissioner, Godda The Deputy Commissioner, Dumka The Deputy Commissioner, Hazaribagh The Deputy Commissioner, Ramgarh 8 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 1. 2. 3. 4. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. The Deputy Commissioner, Sahebganj The Deputy Commissioner, Jamtara The Deputy Commissioner, Ranchi The Deputy Commissioner, East Singhbhum, Jamshedpur The Deputy Commissioner, West Singhbhum, Chaibasa The Deputy Commissioner, Saraikela ... … Respondents With W.P. (S) No. 906 of 2024 Sumit Kumar Sinha Sujit Kumar Barnwal Santosh Kumar Tyagi Seema Kumari ... ... ... Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand The Principal Secretary, School Education and Literacy Department, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi The Director, Primary Education, School Education and Literacy Department, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi The Deputy Commissioner, Chatra The Deputy Commissioner, Koderma The Deputy Commissioner, Dhanbad The Deputy Commissioner, Pakur The Deputy Commissioner, Deoghar The Deputy Commissioner, Giridih The Deputy Commissioner, Bokaro The Deputy Commissioner, Godda The Deputy Commissioner, Dumka The Deputy Commissioner, Hazaribagh The Deputy Commissioner, Ramgarh The Deputy Commissioner, Sahebganj The Deputy Commissioner, Jamtara Respondents ... … With W.P. (S) No. 912 of 2024 Pratik Kumar 1. Shambhu Shekhar 2. Onkar Nath Bhandari 3. Rohit Kumar 4. Sumit Kumar 5. Niraj Kumar 6. Amrapali Kumari 7. Jitendra Kumar 8. 9. Kavita Kumari 10. Vimal Kumar 11. Somnath Jha 12. Santosh Kumar Mehra 13. Praveen Kumar Mehra 14. Chandan Kumar 15. Neelam Kumari 16. Gokul Mukherjee 17. Situ Kumari 18. Somnath Raut 19. 20. Surendra Kumar 21. Lalan Bhaiya Jhari Mandal 9 22. Ravi Prakash 23. Subodh Kumar Jha 24. Prem Prakash 25. Kumar Goutam Acharya 26. Santosh Kumar Das 27. Nawal Kishor Verma 28. Asit Kumar Dan ... ... ... Petitioners Versus 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. The State of Jharkhand through Secretary/Principal Secretary, School Education and Literacy Department, Ranchi The Director, Primary School Education and Literacy Department, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi. The Secretary, Primary School Education and Literacy Department, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi The Deputy Commissioner, Bokaro The District Superintendent of Education, Bokaro The Deputy Commissioner, Jamtara The District Superintendent of Education, Jamtara The Deputy Commissioner, Dhanbad The District Superintendent of Education, Dhanbad The Deputy Commissioner, Pakur The District Superintendent of Education, Pakur The Deputy Commissioner, Hazaribagh The District Superintendent of Education, Hazaribagh The Deputy Commissioner, Giridih The District Superintendent of Education, Giridih The Deputy Commissioner, Godda The District Superintendent of Education, Godda The Deputy Commissioner, Sahebganj The District Superintendent of Education, Sahebganj The Deputy Commissioner, Koderma The District Superintendent of Education, Koderma The Deputy Commissioner, Ramgarh The District Superintendent of Education, Ramgarh The Deputy Commissioner, Deoghar The District Superintendent of Education, Deoghar The Deputy Commissioner, Dumka The District Superintendent of Education, Dumka The Deputy Commissioner, Chatra The District Superintendent of Education, Chatra The Deputy Commissioner, Palamau The District Superintendent of Education, Palamau The Deputy Commissioner, Latehar The District Superintendent of Education, Latehar The Deputy Commissioner, Garhwa The District Superintendent of Education, Garhwa ... … Respondents With W.P. (S) No. 915 of 2024 Rajesh Kumar Yadav Sanjay Kumar Jitendra Kumar Md. Sarfraz Alam Md. Tanweer Alam 10 6. 7. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. 2.

Legal Reasoning

covered now by the directions issued by the Division Bench of this Court in L.P.A. No. 510 of 2023 and analogous cases vide order dated 31.01.2024. Para 33 of the said order is quoted herein below:- “33. Since it was the specific case of the writ petitioners that they were never called for counseling and that candidates securing less marks than the writ petitioners were called for counseling and were selected, it would be important to issue the following clarifications / directions in consonance with the specific stand of the various writ petitioners in the batch of cases involved in the impugned order though this Court is not inclined to differ with the findings and directions issued vide order dated 15.09.2023 passed in L.P.A. No. 203 of 2022:- (a) Only those candidates are to be called for counseling who have never been called for counseling earlier in one or the other district irrespective of the fact as to whether they had participated in the counseling or not. To enable the candidate to participate in the fresh counseling the (b) concerned respondent shall verify whether a candidate below in the merit list in the concerned district has been ultimately selected irrespective of the fact as to whether such a candidate had joined or not. If that be so, then only such candidate be permitted to appear in the fresh counseling. (c) There should be one counseling to be conducted simultaneously in all the districts as was directed by this Court in W.P. (S) No. 19 of 2016 and other analogous cases which has been upheld in L.P.A. No. 168 of 2017.” 4.

Arguments

Ajit Kumar Kanhaiya Lal Keshri ... ... ... Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand through Secretary/Principal Secretary, School Education and Literacy Department, Ranchi The Director, Primary School Education and Literacy Department, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi. The Secretary, Primary School Education and Literacy Department, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi The Deputy Commissioner, Bokaro The District Superintendent of Education, Bokaro The Deputy Commissioner, Jamtara The District Superintendent of Education, Jamtara The Deputy Commissioner, Dhanbad The District Superintendent of Education, Dhanbad The Deputy Commissioner, Pakur The District Superintendent of Education, Pakur The Deputy Commissioner, Hazaribagh The District Superintendent of Education, Hazaribagh The Deputy Commissioner, Giridih The District Superintendent of Education, Giridih The Deputy Commissioner, Godda The District Superintendent of Education, Godda The Deputy Commissioner, Sahebganj The District Superintendent of Education, Sahebganj The Deputy Commissioner, Koderma The District Superintendent of Education, Koderma The Deputy Commissioner, Ramgarh The District Superintendent of Education, Ramgarh The Deputy Commissioner, Deoghar The District Superintendent of Education, Deoghar The Deputy Commissioner, Dumka The District Superintendent of Education, Dumka The Deputy Commissioner, Chatra The District Superintendent of Education, Chatra The Deputy Commissioner, Palamau The District Superintendent of Education, Palamau The Deputy Commissioner, Latehar The District Superintendent of Education, Latehar The Deputy Commissioner, Garhwa The District Superintendent of Education, Garhwa ... … Respondents With W.P. (S) No. 919 of 2024 Vivekanand Pandey Sanjay Kumar Shiv Kumar Saw Manoj Kumar Yadav Dayanand Kumar Yadav ... ... ... Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand The Principal Secretary, School Education and Literacy Department, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi 11 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 1. 2. 3. 4. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. The Director, Primary Education, School Education and Literacy Department, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi The Deputy Commissioner, Chatra The Deputy Commissioner, Koderma The Deputy Commissioner, Dhanbad The Deputy Commissioner, Pakur The Deputy Commissioner, Deoghar The Deputy Commissioner, Giridih The Deputy Commissioner, Bokaro The Deputy Commissioner, Godda The Deputy Commissioner, Dumka The Deputy Commissioner, Hazaribagh The Deputy Commissioner, Ramgarh The Deputy Commissioner, Sahebganj The Deputy Commissioner, Jamtara Respondents ... … With W.P. (S) No. 987 of 2024 Rajendra Mahato Mukesh Mahto Gopal Mahto Shivanand Mahto ... ... ... Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand The Chief Secretary, Govt. of Jharkhand, Ranchi The Secretary, Human Resources Development Department, Govt. of Jharkhand, Ranchi The Principal Secretary, Department of Personnel, Rajbhasa and Administrative Reforms, Govt. of. Jharkhand, Ranchi The Principal Secretary, Human Resources Development Department, Govt. of Jharkhand, Ranchi The Director, Primary Education, Human Resources Development Department, Govt. of Jharkhand, Ranchi The Deputy Commissioner, Dhanbad The District Superintendent Education, Dhanbad The Deputy Commissioner, Bokaro The District Superintendent Education, Bokaro The Deputy Commissioner, Chatra The District Superintendent Education, Chatra The Deputy Commissioner, Ramgarh The District Superintendent Education, Ramgarh The Deputy Commissioner, Hazaribagh The District Superintendent Education, Hazaribagh The Deputy Commissioner, Ranchi The District Superintendent Education, Ranchi The Deputy Commissioner, Deoghar The District Superintendent Education, Deoghar The Deputy Commissioner, Pakur The District Superintendent Education, Pakur The Deputy Commissioner, Koderma The District Superintendent Education, Koderma The Deputy Commissioner, Giridih The District Superintendent Education, Giridih The Deputy Commissioner, Godda The District Superintendent Education, Godda 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 1. 2. 3. 4. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 1. 2. 3. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 12 The Deputy Commissioner, Sahebganj The District Superintendent Education, Sahebganj The Deputy Commissioner, Jamtara The District Superintendent Education, Jamtara The Deputy Commissioner, Dumka The District Superintendent Education, Dumka ... With W.P. (S) No. 1011 of 2024 … Respondents Khakan Chandra Gope Tapan Kumar Singh Kamalendu Mahato Rajani Kanta Mahato ... ... ... Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand The Principal Secretary, School Education and Literacy Department, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi The Director, Primary Education, School Education and Literacy Department, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi The Deputy Commissioner, East Singhbhum The Deputy Commissioner, Saraikela Kharsawan The Deputy Commissioner, Ranchi The Deputy Commissioner, Bokaro The Deputy Commissioner, Dhanbad The Deputy Commissioner, Jamtara The Deputy Commissioner, Sahebganj The Deputy Commissioner, Pakur The Deputy Commissioner, Dumka ... … Respondents With W.P. (S) No. 866 of 2024 Kuldeep Prasad Ashok Ram Baleshwar Prasad ... ... ... Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand The Principal Secretary, School Education and Literacy Department, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi The Director, Primary Education, School Education and Literacy Department, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi The Deputy Commissioner, Chatra The Deputy Commissioner, Koderma The Deputy Commissioner, Dhanbad The Deputy Commissioner, Pakur The Deputy Commissioner, Deoghar The Deputy Commissioner, Giridih The Deputy Commissioner, Bokaro The Deputy Commissioner, Godda The Deputy Commissioner, Dumka The Deputy Commissioner, Hazaribagh The Deputy Commissioner, Ramgarh The Deputy Commissioner, Sahebganj The Deputy Commissioner, Jamtara Respondents ... … --------- 13 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR --------- For the Petitioners: For the State: M/s Arpan Mishra, Kumar Vimal, Shubham Mishra, Prashant Kumar Rai, Anuj Kumar Trivedi, Rohit Kumar Gupta, Mukesh Kumar Mehta, Tapan Kumar Mishra, Abhijeet Kumar, Sarita Gupta, Rajesh Bhushan, Advocate M/s Manish Mishra (G.P.-V), Lav Kumar Tiwary (A.C. to AAG-V), Rakesh Ranjan (A.C. to G.A.-I), Arup Kumar Agrawal (A.C. to G.A.-IV), Aman Kumar (A.C. to. G.P.-I), Yogesh Modi (A.C. to AAG-IA), Jayant Franklin Toppo (G.A.-V), Sunita Kumari (A.C. to Sr. S.C.-II), Vandana Singh (Sr. S.C.-III), Rashmi Lal (A.C. to Sr. S.C.-III), Amit Kumar [S.C. Mines)-II], Pankaj Kumar Choudhary, [A.C. to S.C.(L&C)-II], Suchendra Prasad (G.P.-IV), Awanish Shekhar (A.C. to AAG-I) --------- 02/Dated: 27.02.2024 W.P. (S) No. 481 of 2024 As prayed for, learned counsel for the petitioners is permitted to make necessary correction in array of the respondents in course of the day. W.P. (S) No. 481 of 2024 and analogous cases 1. Since the common issues are involved in the present cases, all the writ petitions are taken up together. 2. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 3. Learned counsel for the parties have submitted that these cases are

Decision

In view of the above submission, the present writ petitions are disposed of directing the respondents to act as per the mandate of the order dated 31.01.2024 passed by the Division Bench of this Court in L.P.A. No. 510 of 2023 and analogous cases. VK (Rajesh Kumar, J.)

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