Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Patna High Court Legal Services Committee issues notice for National Lok Adalat

Registrar-cum-Secretary, Patna High Court Legal Services Committee has issued notice for National Lok Adalat. National Lok Adalats will be held on March 12 2026, May 9, 2026, September 12, 2026 and 12th December 2026 in terms of Letter No. F.No. L/34/2018/NALSA December 4, 2025 of National Legal Services Authority. Schedule for National Lok Adalat to be held in the year 2026 is as under:- 
1st National Lok Adalat March 14, 2026,
2nd National Lok Adalat May 9, 2026
3rd National Lok Adalat September 12, 2026
4th National Lok Adalat December 12, 2026 

Following types of cases (pre-litigation and pending) may be taken up for settlement in the aforesaid National Lok Adalat:- 
a. Pre-litigation: All type of Civil and Compoundable Criminal cases, as may be permissible under the Act/Regulations may be taken up. The data and record of registration of cases be maintained by DLSA/HCLSC or TLSC under the directions of SLSA. The SLSA will make all endeavors to promote registration of pre-litigation cases and services of notices through digital platforms/online mode to ease pressure on conventional system. 

b. Pending in the Courts: All type of civil and compoundable criminal cases including following:
i. Criminal Compoundable Offences;
ii. Plea Bargaining Cases,
iii. NI Act cases under Section 138,
iv. Money Recovery cases;
v. Motor Accident Claim cases;
vi. Compoundable Traffic Challans,
vii. Labour dispute cases;
viii. Disputes related to Public Utility services such as Electricity & Water Bills cases etc. (excluding non-compoundable),
ix. Matrimonial disputes (except divorce)/Family disputes, 
x. Land Acquisition cases;
xi. Service matters including pension cases;
xii. Revenue and other ancillary matter, pending High Court, district Courts and state/district/taluka authorities.
xiii. IPR matter/Consumer matters/ also other matters pending before any other quasi-judicial authority
xiv. Other civil cases (rent, easmentary rights, injunction suits, specific performance suits etc.).

NALSA has been constituted under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 to provide free Legal Services to the weaker sections of the society and to organize Lok Adalats for amicable settlement of disputes. Justice Surya Kant, The Chief Justice of India is the Patron-in-Chief, NALSA. Justice Vikram Nath, Judge of the Supreme Court of India is the Executive Chairman of NALSA. NALSA is housed at Supreme Court of India, Tilak Marg, New Delhi. The NALSA Centre for Citizen Services is set up at Jaisalmer House, Man Singh Road, New Delhi. It is working during office hours on all working days. 

In every State, State Legal Services Authority has been constituted to give effect to the policies and directions of the NALSA and to give free legal services assistance to the people and conduct Lok Adalats in the State. The State Legal Services Authority is headed by the Chief Justice of the respective High Court who is the Patron-in-Chief of the State Legal Services Authority. The Seniormost Judge of the High Court is nominated as Executive Chairman, SLSA. In every District, District Legal Services Authority has been constituted to implement Legal Services Programmes in the District. The District Legal Services Authority is situated in the District Courts Complex in every District and chaired by the District Judge of the respective District. A Judicial Officer of Civil Judge Cadre is appointed as Secretary on full time basis.

Article 39A of the Constitution of India provides that the State shall secure that the operation of the legal system promotes justice, on a basis of equal opportunity, and shall, in particular, provide free legal aid, by suitable legislation or schemes or in any other way, to ensure that opportunities for securing justice are not denied to any citizen by reason of economic or other disabilities. Articles 14 and 22(1) of the Constitution of India also make it obligatory for the State to ensure equality before law and a legal system which promotes justice on the basis of equal opportunity to all. Legal aid strives to ensure that constitutional pledge is fulfilled in its letter and spirit and equal justice is made available to the poor, downtrodden and weaker sections of the society.

The earliest Legal Aid movement appears to be of the year 1851 when some enactment was introduced in France for providing legal assistance to the indigent. In Britain, the history of the organised efforts on the part of the State to provide legal services to the poor and needy dates back to 1944, when Lord Chancellor, Viscount Simon appointed Rushcliffe Committee to enquire about the facilities existing in England and Wales for giving legal advice to the poor and to make recommendations as appear to be desirable for ensuring that persons in need of legal advice are provided the same by the State. Since 1952, the Govt. of India also started addressing to the question of legal aid for the poor in various conferences of Law Ministers and Law Commissions. In 1960, some guidelines were drawn by the Govt. for legal aid schemes. In different states legal aid schemes were floated through Legal Aid Boards, Societies and Law Departments. In 1980, a Committee at the National Level was constituted to oversee and supervise legal aid programmes throughout the country under the Chairmanship of Justice P.N. Bhagwati, a former Judge of the Supreme Court of India. This Committee came to be known as CILAS (Committee for Implementing Legal Aid Schemes) and started monitoring legal aid activities throughout the country. The introduction of Lok Adalats added a new chapter to the justice dispensation system of this country and succeeded in providing a supplementary forum to the litigants for conciliatory settlement of their disputes. In 1987, Legal Services Authorities Act was enacted to give a statutory base to legal aid programmes throughout the country on a uniform pattern and come into force on 9th November, 1995 after certain amendments were introduced therein by the Amendment Act of 1994. Justice R.N. Mishra the then Chief Justice of India played a key role in the enforcement of the Act.

With the enforcement of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 on November 9, 1995, the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) was constituted, and Justice K. Ramaswamy, Judge, Supreme Court of India was appointed as its first Executive Chairman. Upon assuming office, His Lordship promptly initiated steps to operationalize the Authority. R.C Chopra The first Member Secretary of NALSA was appointed in December 1997, followed by the induction of other officers and staff in January 1998. By February 1998, the office of the NALSA became fully functional. 

Criteria for giving legal services.– Every person who has to file or defend a case shall be entitled to legal services under this Act if that person is –

  1. a member of a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe;
  2. a victim of trafficking in human beings or begar as referred to in Article 23 of the Constitution;
  3. a woman or a child;
  4. a mentally ill or otherwise disabled person;
  5. a person under circumstances of undeserved want such as being a victim of a mass disaster, ethnic violence, caste atrocity, flood, drought, earthquake or industrial disaster; or
  6. an industrial workman; or
  7. in custody, including custody in a protective home within the meaning of clause (g) of section 2 of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 (104 of 1956); or in a juvenile home within the meaning of clause (j) of section 2 of the Juvenile Justice Act, 1986 (53 of 1986) or in a psychiatric hospital or psychiatric nursing home within the meaning of clause (g) of section 2 of the Mental Health Act, 1987 (14 of 1987); or
  8. in receipt of annual income less than rupees nine thousand or such other higher amount as may be prescribed by the State Govt., if the case is before a court other than the Supreme Court, and less than rupees twelve thousand or such other higher amount as may be prescribed by the Central Govt., if the case is before the Supreme Court.”
    (Rules have already been amended to enhance this income ceiling)(Income wiling limits of various states is provided in Legal Aid heading further).

According to section 2(1) (a) of the Act, legal aid can be provided to a person for a ‘case’ which includes a suit or any proceeding before a court. Section 2(1) (aaa) defines the ‘court’ as a civil, criminal or revenue court and includes any tribunal or any other authority constituted under any law for the time being in force, to exercise judicial or quasi-judicial functions. As per section 2(1)(c) ‘legal service’ includes the rendering of any service in the conduct of any case or other legal proceeding before any court or other authority or tribunal and the giving of advice on any legal matter. Legal Services Authorities after examining the eligibility criteria of an applicant and the existence of a prima facie case in his favour provide him counsel at State expense, pay the required Court Fee in the matter and bear all incidental expenses in connection with the case. The person to whom legal aid is provided is not called upon to spend anything on the litigation once it is supported by a Legal Services Authority.




Justice Partha Sarthy finds BIADA to be a wrongdoer as an employer, orders payment of full back wages for compulsorily retired period

In Mrityunjai Prasad Singh vs.The Chairman, Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority, Patna & Ors. (2026), Justice Partha Sarthy of Patna High Court delivered a 10-page long judgement dated March 10, 2026, wherein, he concluded: "16....the Court holds that the petitioner is entitled for full back wages for the period that he remained compulsorily retired ie from October 2007 to 19.6.2009. 17. The respondents are directed to pay the difference of arrears of salary for the period from October 2007 to 19.6.2009 to the petitioner after deducting the subsistence allowance and/or any other amount already paid. The respondents shall pay the same within a period of three months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. 18. The writ application stands allowed." 

Justice Sarthy drew on Supreme Court's decision in Deepali Gundu Surwase vs. Kranti Junior Adhyapak Mahavidyalaya (D.Ed.) and others; (2013) 10 SCC 324. Justice Sarthy recorded:"13. In the opinion of the Court, the proceedings were in gross violation of the statutory provisions and the principles of natural justice and thus the order of punishment was set aside by this Court. 14. In view of the facts and circumstances stated herein above, the judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of Deepali Gundu Surwase (supra) would be fully applicable to the case of the petitioner." 

In Deepali Gundu Surwase (supra), the Court's judgement reads:“38.5. The cases in which the competent court or tribunal finds that the employer has acted in gross violation of the statutory provisions and/or the principles of natural justice or is guilty of victimising the employee or workman, then the court or tribunal concerned will be fully justified in directing payment of full back wages. In such cases, the superior courts should not exercise power under Article 226 or 136 of the Constitution and interfere with the award passed by the Labour Court, etc. merely because there is a possibility of forming a different opinion on the entitlement of the employee/workman to get full back wages or the employer's obligation to pay the same. The courts must always keep in view that in the cases of wrongful/illegal termination of service, the wrongdoer is the employer and the sufferer is the employee/workman and there is no justification to give a premium to the employer of his wrongdoings by relieving him of the burden to pay to the employee/workman his dues in the form of full back wages.”  

The petitioner had prayed for issuance of writ in the nature of certiorari for quashing of the order dated February 18, 2013 passed by the Chairman, Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority, Patna in Appeal No. 03/2012, whereby he disposed of the appeal preferred by the Petitioner against the order of punishment of censure upon the Petitioner without any interference in the order of punishment, while admitting that the another employee should have been proceeded against for the charges levelled against the Petitioner, and the claim of the Petitioner for payment of back wages for the period he remained compulsorily retired in between October, 2007 to 19-06-2009 was rejected. He also prayed for issuance of writ in the nature of certiorari for quashing of the order contained in Memo No. 361 dated January 20, 2012 issued by under the signature of the Secretary, BIADA whereby it communicated that the review petition preferred by the appellant against the order of punishment contained in Memo No. 4092 dated July 28, 07-2011 has been decided to be rejected. He further prayed for issuance of writ in the nature of certiorari for quashing of the order contained in Memo No. 4092 dated July 28, 2011 passed by the Managing Director, BIADA whereby the appellant was held guilty of charge No. 11 in the memo of charge and he has been awarded a punishment of censure to be entered in his A.C.R. in the period of 2007-2009. Further, it was held that the appellant will not be entitled for anything except the subsistence allowance for the period he remained under suspension. He sought a direction to the respondent authorities to pay the back wages to the Petitioner for the period he remained under compulsory retirement from October, 2007 to June 19, 2009 and for payment of entire salary for the period the Petitioner remained under suspension. He also sought necessary direction to the respondent authorities to pay the back wages to the Petitioner along with arrears of Dearness Allowance as admissible to the Petitioner. 

The case was that the petitioner was appointed as Assistant Development Officer (Chemical) on June 26, 1978 in the erstwhile Darbhanga Industrial Area Development Authority. With the merger of the three Industrial Area Development Authorities of Bihar in the year 2003, Bihar Industrial Area Development (BIADA) was formed and the petitioner became an employee of BIADA. The petitioner was proceeded against in a departmental proceeding and by order dated September 29, 2007, 5 out of the 13 charges levelled against him having been proved in the enquiry, an order of punishment was passed compulsorily retiring him w.e.f. September 30, 2007. The order of punishment of compulsory retirement of the petitioner was challenged by him by filing CWJC no.16950 of 2007. The case was heard along with the batch of applications and by order dated May 5, 2009 passed in CWJC no.11196 of 2007 (Ram Pravesh Singh vs. BIADA) and analogous cases, the impugned orders in each of the writ applications whether of termination or compulsory retirement were set aside and the petitioners directed to be reinstated. The writ applications was allowed, on the petitioners pressing for back wages, the Single Judge observed that if the petitioner prefers an application for back wages, the authorities were required to decide the same in accordance with the settled principles for grant of back wages, by a reasoned and speaking order after due opportunity to the petitioner within a maximum period of eight weeks. 

The petitioner filed an application for grant of back wages before the respondent authorities. The joining of the petitioner was accepted and the petitioner was once again placed under suspension on June 30, 2009. In the departmental proceeding that followed, by order dated July 28, 2011, an order of punishment of censure for the period 2007-2009 was given and it was also ordered that for the period of suspension, no other amount except for the subsistence allowance would be payable, however, the period of suspension shall be counted for the purpose of calculation of gratuity and other post retiral dues. The review preferred by the petitioner was rejected by order dated January 20, 2012 and also the appeal preferred by him was dismissed by order dated February 18, 2013 not interfering with the order of punishment. The petitioner superannuated on January 31, 2012. 

Notably, the first order of compulsory retirement was set aside by order dated May 5, 2009 on the ground that in the departmental proceeding neither a Presenting Officer was appointed nor any oral or documentary evidence was led on behalf of the prosecution nor was any opportunity to cross-examine given to the petitioner. 

The order of punishment of compulsory retirement w.e.f. September 30, 2007 was set aside by the High Court by its order dated May 5, 2009 passed in CWJC no.16950 of 2007 and consequent thereto, the petitioner was reinstated in service. There was a logical compulsion for the respondents to pay the petitioner the back wages for the period he remained compulsorily retired i.e. from October 2007 to June 19, 2009. 

Monday, March 9, 2026

The claim that “the Supreme Court, in a significant decision in Civil Writ Petition No. 2490 and Case No. 8222/2024, has directed that the recovery period for pension commutation for central government employees will now be 10 years and 8 months (128 months) instead of 15 years“ does not appear to be correct.  

The case numbers cited in the claim, i.e., CWP 2490/2024 and 8222/2024, refer to petitions filed in the Punjab and Haryana High Court, not the Supreme Court.  These cases involved requests for temporary (interim) stays (here, here) and were primarily filed by state government pensioners in Punjab and Haryana. They did not lead to any nationwide change in pension rules or reduce the commutation recovery period. From this, it can be noted that the Gazette notification graphic accompanying the fake post is unrelated to pension commutation.

Later, the Punjab & Haryana High Court in (CWP 9426/2023) Shila Devi & Others vs State of Punjab dismissed 807 petitions challenging the Punjab state pension rules. In several related matters, the courts either dismissed the petitions or upheld the existing 15-year commutation recovery rule.

The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Chandigarh, dismissed 106 cases challenging the pension commutation recovery rules reaffirmed the 15 years, citing decisions of the Supreme Court. The Telangana High Court has reaffirmed it in July 2025.   

There is no Supreme Court judgment directing that the pension commutation recovery or restoration period for Central Government employees be reduced to 10 years and 8 months (128 months). The cited cases CWP 2490/2024 and 8222/2024 relate to petitions filed in the Punjab and Haryana High Court, not the Supreme Court. 

The Gazette notification dated December 12, 2025 from the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) does not appear relevant. It pertains to the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (Exits and Withdrawals under the National Pension System) (Amendment) Regulations, 2025.

The Central Civil Services (Commutation of Pension) Rules, 1981 continue to apply, which provide for restoration of full pension only after 15 years from the date of commutation.

The Central Civil Services (Commutation of Pension) Rules, 1981, stipulates the restoration of full pension after 15 years. Official government portals (here, here) confirm restoration after 15 years. As per CCS Rules, 1981 “The commuted amount of pension shall be restored on completion of fifteen years from the date the reduction of pension on account of commutation becomes operative in accordance with rule 6: Provided that when the commutation amount was paid on more than one occasion on account of upward revision of pension, the respective commuted amount of pension shall be restored on completion of fifteen years from the respective date(s).”

Saturday, March 7, 2026

Judgement by High Court's 3-Judge Bench challenged in Supreme Court

 

In Ravi Shankar Kumar vs. The State of Bihar through the Chief Secretary (2025), Patna High Court's 3-Judge Bench of  Chief Justice Vipul M. Pancholi, Justice Rajeev Ranjan Prasad and Arun Kumar Jha delivered a 60-page judgement, wherein it concluded: "84. Since we have heard the writ petitions with the consent of the parties for final disposal, these writ applications being devoid of merit are being dismissed. The petitioners are not entitled for any relief. 85. The parties shall bear their respective costs." The case has reached Supreme Court and is titled as Arvind Kumar & Ors vs. The State of Bihar & Ors. It is before the Court's Division Bench of Justices Pankaj Mithal and S.V.N. Bhatti. It was heard on February 27, 2026 and a 2-page long order was passed. It has been tagged with Vikash Kumar & Ors. vs. The State of Bihar & Ors.  

The three other three respondents in the High Court were: Principal Secretary, Department of Finance, Government of Bihar, General Administration Department, Government of Bihar and District Magistrate, Nawadah. It was heard along with Sanjay Kumar vs. The State of Bihar through Principal Secretary, Road Construction Department, Government of Bihar & Ors., Mateen Akhter vs. The State of Bihar through the District Magistrate, Kishanganj & Ors. and Vijendra Kumar & Ors. vs. The State of Bihar through its Principal Secretary of the Finance Department, Government of Bihar & Ors. and Nagendra Prasad Yadav vs. The State of Bihar through the Chief Secretary, Govt. of Bihar & Ors. 

Chief Justice Sangam Kumar Sahoo led bench diposes infructuous writ petitions of nurses

In Rinkoo Kumari & Ors vs. The State of Bihar Through the Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Health, Government of Bihar & Ors (2026), High Court's Division Bench of Chief Justice Sangam Kumar Sahoo and Justice Harish Kumar delivered 20-page long judgement dated February 26, 2026, Over 240 candidates had approached the High Court through separate petitions which were heard together. This writ petition has been filed by Rinkoo Kumari and others had prayed for (i) Declaring Rule 2(viii) and Rule 6 of the Bihar Nursing Cadre Rules, 2024, being ultra vires Article 14. 16 and 19 (1)(g) of the Constitution of India as also the Indian Nursing Council Act, 1947, by which, without there being any such requirement for candidates passing the General Nursing and Midwifery Course(GNM) Course from institutes in the State of Bihar, it has, inter alia, been prescribed that for appointment on the post of Nurse, in case the Institute of Nursing is located outside the State of Bihar, from where the General Nursing and Midwifery Course(GNM) is undertaken by the candidates, a certificate of suitability/recognition from Indian Nursing Council, New Delhi will be mandatory and it has further been provided that it shall also be mandatory for the candidates to be registered with the Bihar Nursing Registration Council. 

The petitioners had prayed to hold and declare that the impugned rules are discriminatory as it discriminated with candidates who had passed the GNM course from a registered institutes outside the State of Bihar and those who had passed the course from institutes located within the State of Bihar. They had prayed for quashing the impugned Press Release dated April 17, 2025 issued by the Bihar Nursing Registration Council, by which it was directed that the registration of all such candidates, who have undertaken GNM Course from institutes which does not possess the Suitability Certificate issued by the Indian Nursing Council was cancelled and they were advised to get registration from the respective States Council. The petitioners prayed for issuance of a writ of mandamus, directing the respondent Bihar Nursing Registration Council to register the petitioners who had undertaken the GNM Course from institutes falling within their respective State Council and to quash the impugned advertisement advertisement no. 23/2025, by which online applications were invited for appointment on 11389 posts of GNM and a qualification as prescribed by the impugned Bihar Nursing Cadre Rules, 2024 was required to be fulfilled for applying on the post of Nurse.  

The other four respondents were: Bihar Nurses Registration Counsel, through its Registrar, Director General (Nursing) cum Chairman, Bihar Nurses Registration Counsel, Bihar Technical Service Commission, through its Secretary, and Indian Nursing Council represented by its Secretary.

The judgement referred to Advocate General's submission wherein he had produced a notification issued by the Health Department, Government of Bihar dated February 25, 2026. The notification indicated that, in exercise of the powers conferred under the proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution of India, the Governor of Bihar has made certain amendments to the Bihar Nursing Cadre Rules, 2024. The amended rules are the “Bihar Nursing Cadre (Amendment) Rules, 2026”.  By virtue of the amendment, Rule 2(viii) of the Bihar Nursing Cadre Rules, 2024 was substituted, and a revised definition of “recognized institution” was provided. Similarly, Rule 6 of the Bihar Nursing Cadre Rules, 2024 was also substituted. The notification was taken on record. 

Chief Justice Sahoo who authored the judgement concluded: "5. In view of the aforesaid notification and the amendments brought into force, the issues raised in the present writ petition no longer survive for adjudication. Accordingly, the writ petition has become infructuous and is disposed of. 6. Since similar prayers have been made in the connected writ petitions, namely C.W.J.C. No. 10101 of 2025, C.W.J.C. No. 4241 of 2025, C.W.J.C. No. 8190 of 2025, C.W.J.C. No. 8299 of 2025, C.W.J.C. No. 8505 of 2025, and C.W.J.C. No. 632 of 2026, the said writ petitions are also disposed of in terms of the present order."

 

Patna High Court delivered 11 judgements on Feb. 27

Patna High Court delivered 11 judgements on February 27, 2026 in Rajesh Yadav vs. The State of Bihar, Kara Paswan vs. The State of Bihar, Adalat Paswan & Anr vs. The State of Bihar, Bimal Kumar Verma vs. The State of Bihar, Fuleshwar Rajak vs. The State of Bihar through Vigilance Department, Bihar, Sunil Kumar Singh vs. The State of Bihar, Anil Kumar Singh vs. The State of Bihar, Kamal Gupta vs. The State of Bihar, ACME Nalanda Solar Power Private Limited vs. The State of Bihar, Mukesh Singh @ Mukesh Kumar Singh vs. The State of Bihar, Alok Kumar Jha vs. The Union of India and Awadh Singh vs. The State of Bihar.

Rohtas Industries Limited (In Liquidation), the petitioner has 214 Advocates, Official Liquidator, the respondent has 179 Advocates

"After 1984, no officer of the company or the provisional liquidator had an authority to enter the properties of the company in liquidation...." 

 -Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma, Patna High Court in his judgement dated October 14, 2022

Rohtas Industries Limited (In Liquidation) vs. Official Liquidator (2026) Company Petition No. 3 of 1984 is listed before Court No. 213 of Justice Alok Kumar Sinha on March 9, 2026 for orders at Serial No. 94. 

Earlier, Justice Harish Kumar had passed a 3-page long order dated January 30, 2026. It reads: "The learned Official Liquidator has filed the present O.L.R. No. 7 of 2026, bringing on record the valuation report of six lots of free hold landed properties situated at different Mauza at Dehri (Rohtas) of the company under liquidation, duly prepared by the empanelled valuer. The description of the property and the value as per the valuation report have been duly mentioned in paragraph no. 4 of the present O.L.R. 2. In view of the aforesaid facts, this Court direct the Official Liquidator to publish the sale notice in the daily newspaper, one edition of English and another in a Hindi newspaper having wide circulation in the State of Bihar fixing 20.02.2026 as a date for opening the sealed tender before this Court. 3. The Official Liquidator further prays to allow him to pay the professional fee of the valuer for a sum of Rs. 87,855/-. 4. In view of the afore-noted prayer led by learned Official Liquidator, permission is hereby accorded to ensure the payment of professional fees of the valuer, however, after proper verification. 5. The present O.L.R. No. 7 of 2026 stands disposed off."

With regard to Item (II) :- O.L.R. No. 8/2026, the order reads:"6. The learned Official Liquidator has filed the present O.L.R. No. 8 of 2026, bringing on record the valuation report of nine lots of free hold landed properties situated at different different Mauza at Rohtas of the company under liquidation, duly prepared by the empanelled valuer. The description of the property and the value as per the valuation report have been duly mentioned in paragraph no. 4 of the present O.L.R.. 7. In view of the aforesaid facts, this Court direct the Official Liquidator to publish the sale notice in the daily newspaper, one edition of English and another in a Hindi newspaper having wide circulation in the State of Bihar fixing 20.02.2026 as a date for opening the sealed tender before this Court. 8. The Official Liquidator further prays to allow him to pay the professional fee for a sum of Rs. 1,74,000/- out of the funds of the company liquidation. 9. In view of the afore-noted prayer, led by learned Official Liquidator, permission is hereby accorded to ensure the payment of professional fees of the valuer, however, after proper verification. 10. The present O.L.R. No. 8 of 2026 stands disposed off. 

With reference to Item (III) :- I.A. No. 368/2025 with O.L.R. Nos 110/2025 and 4/2026, the order reads:"11. The interlocutory application bearing I.A. No. 368/2025 with O.L.R. Nos. 110/2025 and 4/2026 have come up for consideration before this Court. 12. Having heard the parties, let the matter be placed on 06.02.2026."

In Rohtas Industries Limited (In Liquidation) vs. Official Liquidator (2026), Justice Harish Kumar had passed a 2-page long order dated January 9, 2026, wherein, with reference to O.L.R. No. 1/2026 (Tender Matter), he recorded: "The Official Liquidator Report No. 01 of 2026 has come up for consideration. 2. It is apprised to this Court that in compliance with the order of this Court sale notice in respect of the captioned landed properties in five lots have been published on 17.12.2025 in the daily newspaper i.e. Hindustan Times (English) and Prabhat Khabar (Hindi) circulated in the State of Bihar fixing the reserved prices and corresponding EMD mentioned therein, however in response to the aforesaid sale notice, not a single tender form has been sold. 3. Having considered the report submitted by the Official Liquidator, he is directed to sent a fresh proposal for sale of the land in question, preferably within a period of four weeks. 4. The O.L.R. No. 1 of 2026 stands disposed."

Notably, High Court's previous order dated December 16, 2002 records that Alok Agrawal, the Official Liquidator submitted that the company petition was filed on May 23, 1984 but High Court's website shows the date of filing and registration as February 1, 1984. Although the case was filed in 1984, the case proceedings history begins its record from Justice J.N.Singh's "carry forward" order dated July July 11, 2013. Not only that though the case was filed in 1984, the first order at Serial No, 353 by Justice V.N. Sinha available on Court's website is dated May 15, 2008. It reads:"In I.A.No. 1964 of 2008 Official Liquidator has filed reply to I.A.No.1964 of 2008 filed by the Kolkata Port Trust which is taken on record and as prayed for on behalf of Kolkata Port Trust put up after summer vacation so that in the meanwhile notice be served on the Inland Road Service at the address indicated in Paragraph-15 of the Interlocutory Application as they are said to be in possession of the premises in question which belongs to Kolkata Port Trust and was leased out to the Company-in-Liquidation in the year 1992 for which requisite etc. both under ordinary process as also registered cover be filed within one week. In I.A.No. 2631 of 2008 The Dry Woods could not be removed by the purchaser on account of orders of the Hon’ble Supreme Court. Let Official Liquidator file reply to the petition of the purchaser of the Dry Woods for return of his deposit kept at Flag-746."

Earlier, Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma of the High Court had delivered a 37-page long judgement dated October 14, 2022. to "dispose of the various I.A.’s as numbered above preferred before this Court from time to time with similar prayer mainly to allow selling to the applicants, the quarters owned by the company and are presently occupied by the applicants."

Notably, disposal of the assets of a company liquidation is governed by the provisions of the Companies Act 1956. Section 456 deals with "Custody of company’s properties" It reads:-(1) Where a winding up order has been made or where a provisional liquidator has been appointed, the liquidator [or the provisional liquidator, as the case may be,] shall take into his custody or under his control, all the property, effects and actionable claims to which the company is or appears to be entitled.
[(1A) For the purpose of enabling the liquidator or the provisional liquidator, as the case may be, to take into his custody or under his control, any property, effects or actionable claims to which the company is or appears to be entitled, the liquidator or the provisional liquidator, as the case may be, may by writing request the Chief Presidency Magistrate or the District Magistrate within whose jurisdiction such property, effects or actionable claims or any books of account or other documents of the company may be found, to take possession thereof, and the Chief Presidency Magistrate or the District Magistrate may thereupon after such notice as he may think fit to give to any party, take possession of such property, effects, actionable claims, books of account or other documents and deliver possession thereof to the liquidator or the provisional liquidator.
[(1B0 For the purpose of securing compliance with the provisions of sub-section (1A), the Chief Presidency Magistrate or the District Magistrate may take or cause to be taken such steps and use or cause to be used such force as may in his opinion be necessary.]
(2) All the property and effects of the company shall be deemed to be in the custody of the court as from the date of the order for the winding up of the company."

Section 457 reads: "(1) Powers of liquidator- (c) to sell the immovable and movable property and actionable claims of the company by public auction or private contract, with power to transfer such property to any person or body corporate, or to sell the same in parcels."

Section 477 reads: "Power to summon persons suspected of having property of company, etc.-(6) If, on his examination, any such officer or person admits that he has in his possession any property belonging to the company, the court may order him to deliver to the provisional liquidator or, as the case may be, the liquidator, that property or any part thereof, at such time, in such manner and on such terms as to the court may seem just.

Section 531 reads: Fraudulent preference.-(1) Any transfer of property, movable or immovable, delivery of goods, payment, execution or other act relating to property made, taken or done by or against a company within six months before the commencement of its winding up which, had it been made, taken or done by or against an individual within three months before the presentation of an insolvency petition on which he is adjudged insolvent, would be deemed in his insolvency a fraudulent preference, shall in the event of the company being wound up, be deemed a fraudulent preference of its creditors and be invalid accordingly: Provided that, in relation to things made, taken or done before the commencement of this Act, this sub-section shall have effect with the substitution, for the reference to six months, of a reference to three months.
(2) For the purposes of sub-section (1), the presentation of a petition for winding up in the case of a winding up by or subject to the supervision of the court, and the passing of a resolution for winding up in the case of a voluntary winding up, shall be deemed to correspond to the act of insolvency in the case of an individual

Section 531A reads: "Avoidance of voluntary transfer.-Any transfer of property movable or immovable, or any delivery of goods, made by a company, not being a transfer or delivery made in the ordinary course of its business or in favour of a purchaser or encumbrancer in good faith and for valuable consideration, if made within a period of one year before the presentation of a petition for winding up by or subject to the supervision of the court or the passing of a resolution for voluntary winding up of the company, shall be void against the liquidator.] 

As per rule, the company court rules 1959 also provide under Rule 273 as under:
“ SALES BY THE OFFICIAL LIQUIDATORS
R.273. Procedure of sale – Every sale shall be held by the Official Liquidator, or, if the Judge shall so direct, by an agent or an auctioneer approved by the Court, and subject to such terms and conditions, if any, as may be approved by the Court. All sales shall be made by public auction or by inviting sealed tenders or in such manners as the Judge may direct.” 

Justice Sharma concluded: "16. Keeping in view aforesaid provisions, this Court is of firm view that the only method and manner in which the properties of the company can be disposed of are by way of auction. 

Prior to this judgement, Justice R.S. Garg of the High Court had passed an order dated December 16, 2004, wherein it recorded that Indequip Leasing & Finance Ltd. sought review and stay of operation of prior orders dated August 27, 1999, May 12, 2000 and August 25, 2000, and a declaration that the applicant company was the lawful tenant of the property known as "Sahu Jain Court". The company petition against the company was filed on May 23, 1984 and the lease in favour of Indequip was created on July 28, 1984. The company was been put under liquidation and an Official Liquidator was been appointed. Indequip Leasing & Finance Ltd claimed tenant status and argued it could not be evicted by the Official Liquidator; the Court had directed the tenant to make an offer to purchase the property. Time was given on multiple occasions including November 8, 2004 for the tenant to make an offer, but the tenant did not do so. 

The Court examined: 1. Whether a lease created in favour of a tenant after the filing of a company petition (here, lease dated 28.7.1984 when petition was filed 23.5.1984) is valid against the Official Liquidator and the Company Court. 2. Whether a person in possession of property of a company can resist eviction by the Official Liquidator or require eviction proceedings to be pursued in ordinary courts (e.g., rent control courts). 3.Whether the Court should review or stay its earlier orders (dated 27.8.1999, 12.5.2000 and 25.8.2000) declare the applicant not entitled to continued possession and 4. Whether the legal position of the Official Liquidator is analogous to that of a receiver under Order XL Rule 1 of the Code of Civil Procedure, and what consequences follows from that analogy.

Alok Agrawal, the Official Liquidator submitted that because the company petition was filed on 23.5.1984, any action taken by the management after institution of the petition would not be saved. The two Supreme Court judgments relied upon by the tenant were said to be distinguishable on facts and inapplicable to the present case. It was argued that tenancy should not be allowed to continue because the purpose of company winding up/dissolution is to convert assets into cash for distribution, and continued tenancy would reduce marketability and sale value of the property. The Official Liquidator contended that the tenant's application was not maintainable and that the reliefs claimed cannot be granted. 

The Court relied on Section 456 of the Companies Act to state that where a winding up order has been made or a provisional liquidator appointed, the liquidator shall take into his custody or control all the property, effects and actionable claims to which the company is or appears to be entitled. The Court observed that the property in possession of the tenant is undisputedly the company's property.

The Court considered Section 457(1)(c) which authorizes the liquidator, with the sanction of the Court, to sell immovable and movable property of the company by auction or private contract and to do other necessary acts for winding up

The Court referred to Section 477(6), which permits the Court to order any person who admits possession of company property to deliver it to the (provisional) liquidator on such terms as the Court deems just. The Court treated statements on oath filed by officers/employees as equivalent to examination and concluded that the Company Court may require persons in possession to vacate and deliver possession to the Official Liquidator.

The Court examined Section 531A which provides that transfers of property by a company made within one year before presentation of a winding up petition (except in the ordinary course of business or to purchasers in good faith for value) are void against the liquidator. Because the company petition was filed on 23.5.1984 and the lease was created on 28.7.1984 (after filing), the Court held that the lease transfer is void against the liquidator.

The Court also relied on Section 531 (fraudulent preference doctrine) to explain that transfers within six months before winding up may be deemed fraudulent preference and invalid in winding up. The Court analogized company actions to insolvency and concluded that the lease granted after institution of the petition could not be saved.

The Court distinguished the cited precedents from Smt. Nirmala R. Bafna vs. Khandesh Spinning & Weaving Mills Co. Ltd. ((1992) 2 SCC 322 : AIR 1993 SC 1380) and Anthony C. Leo v. Nandlal Bal Krishnan [(1996) 11 SCC 376] the issue was sub-lease by a tenant-company to a third party (requiring rent-control court examination), whereas here the company is the owner; and in Anthony C. Leo the analogy between Official Liquidator. 

The Court emphasized the policy objective of winding up proceedings: to convert company assets into cash for distribution; continued occupation by tenants adversely affects marketability and sale value. The tenant was been given opportunities and failed to make an offer to purchase the property at market value, and because the lease was created after the petition and is void against the liquidator, the Court found no ground to review or recall the earlier orders. 

The Court rejected the tenant's prayers for review or declaration of lawful tenancy. The Court ordered Indequip Leasing & Finance Ltd. to hand over vacant and peaceful possession of the property to the Official Liquidator or his representative on or before 15 January 15, 2005. 

The Official Liquidator had submitted that the Company Petition was filed in the High Court on May 23, 1984 and as such any action taken by the management subsequent to the institution of the company petition would not be saved. It was also submitted that the two judgments on which strong reliance was placed are distinguishable on facts and would not apply to the present case. It was submitted that the tenancy cannot be continued because the endeavour of a Company Judge/Company Court in the company proceedings is either to revive the company or to dissolve the company. In case of dessolution of the company, all assets, moveable or immovable are to be converted into cash and the cash was to be distributed in accordance with law. According to him it was also a notoriously known fact that if the property occupied by the tenant was sold in the market it does not fetch its real market value because a person who proposes to spend a good fortune would not purchase a litigation the property being in possession of the tenant. 

Justice Garg observed: "20. The two judgments cited by the learned counsel for the tenant are distinguishable on facts and in fact do not apply to the facts of the present case.....24. It is hereby directed that on or before 15th January, 2005 the tenant Indequip Leasing and Finance Ltd. shall hand over vacant and peaceful possession of the property possessed by him to the Official Liquidator or his representative. In case of any default on his part, the Official Liquidator or his representative may make a complaint to the District Magistrate/Local administration, Dehradun for putting them in possession of the property. 25. It is further directed that the District Magistrate/Local Administration/Local Police, Dehradun after receiving a copy of this order along with an application of the Official Liquidator shall be obliged to observe this order in its true spirit." 

The Court also heard Flag-642 has been filed by one Jalaluddin Chaudhary of Kairana, District Muzaffar Nagar (UP) who stated that he wanted to purchase the property known as “Sahu Jain Court” for a sum of Rs. 7 lacs only. Justice Garg had concluded: "In the opinion of this Court this offer cannot be accepted. It is to be recorded that the total area of the property is more than one acre and there is a big building situate on it along with outhouses. I rejected the application at Flag-642 with direction that in future as and when the property in question is proposed to be sold the offerer may make his offer in accordance with law."

In Rohtas Industries Ltd. (In Liquidation) vs. Official Liquidator Comp Pet/3/1984 Comp Petition, the total number of counsels for the Rohtas Industries Ltd (In Liquidation) includes 214 counsels, their names are listed below:   

1. Arun Kumar

2. Suraj Samdarshi

3. Ramanuj Tiwary

4. Manoj Kumar Jha

5. Ajay Kumar Singh

6. S. De

7. Janardan Singh

8. Anil Kumar Sinha

9. Deepak Kumar

10. Vipin Kumar

11. Ravi Shankar Prasad

12. Rajesh Kumar Singh

13. Prabhat Kumar Singh

14. Abhay Kumar Singh

15. Navin Sinha

16. Anjani Kumar Sharan

17. Shivendra Kumar Roy

18. Ajit Kumar

19. P.K.Shahi

20. Surendra Kishore Thakur

21. Sunil Kumar Singh

22. Satyendra Kumar

23. Bhatnagar

24. Rita Kumari

25. Rudra Deo

26. Kr.Sinha

27. Anirudh Kumar Singh

28. Suraj Samdarshi

29. Rajesh Kr.Singh

30. Sanjay Kumar

31. Singh.-1

32. Mr.Ajay

33. Madhu Prasun

34. Vikash Kumar

35. Ashok Kumar Singh

36. Sheela Sharma

37. Manoj Madhav

38. Parmatma Singh

39. Bachan Jee Ojha

40. Ajay Kumar Mathur

41. Dudhnath Singh

42. Radha Mohan Pandey

43. Piyush Mathur

44. Arun Kumar No. 1

45. Raghwendra

46. Sharan Pandey

47. Binod Bihari Singh

48. Manoj Kumar

49. Prem Sheela Panddey

50. S.M.Ashraf

51. Laxami Nr.Das

52. Gautam Kejriwal

53. Ramakant Yadav

54. Barmeshwar Tiwary

55. Ranjit Sahay

56. Alok Kumar

57. Ramod Kumar Dubey

58. Om Prakash Srivastav

59. Ajay Kumar Mathur

60. Varun Kumar

61. Shantanu Kumar

62. Binay Bihari Sharan

63. Arjun Kumar

64. Narendra Kumar

65. Prakash

66. Chandra Agrawal

67. Anil Kumar

68. R.K.Sharma

69. Ashok Kr.Dubey

70. Umar Chandra Shekhar

71. Sanjay Singh

72. Arun Kumar

73. Veena Rani Prasad

74. Rajiv Ranjan Singh

75. Jitendra Kumar Roy

76. Amar Prakash

77. Akash Chaturvedi

78. Chandra Has Mishra

79. Dhanendra Chaubey

80. Ram Akwal Singh

81. Ambuj Nayan Choubey

82. Abhay Kumar Singh-1

83. C.M.Saxena

84. Jai Prakash Singh

85. Parashuram Singh

86. Arti Singh

87. Sushil Chandra Keshari

88. Binay Kumar

89. Lakshmi Kant Tiwary

90. Gopal Prasad

91. Gupta

92. S.S.Sundaram

93. Satish Chandra Jha-3

94. Rakesh Bihari Singh

95. Anshuman Singh

96. S.D.Sanjay

97. Santosh Kumar Verma

98. Shekhar

99. Harshvardhan

100. Akhilesh Kumar

101. Arvind Kumar

102. Nand Lal Kumar Singh

103. Sumant Kumar Singh

104. Siya Ram Shahi

105. Awadhesh Kumar

106. Mishra

107. Rakesh

108. Narayansingh

109. Sheela Sharma

110. Jitendra Kumar Roy

111. Shivendra Kumar Roy

112. Itendra Kumar Roy

113. Shivendra Kumar Roy

114. Rita Kumari

115. Sheela Sharma

116. Sheela Sharma

117. Jitendra Kumar Roy

118. Shivendra Kumar Roy

119. Prabhat Kumar Singh

120. Anirudh Kumar Singh

121. Shivendra Kumar Roy

122. Jitendra Prasad Singh

123. Dhirendra Singh

124. Surendra Singh

125. Bibhakar Tiwary

126. Vivek Kumar Singh

127. Anirudh Kumar Singh

128. Prabhat Kumar Singh

129. Amrendra

130. Narayan Rai

131. Sanjay Kumar

132. Akshay Lal Pandit

133. Rajesh Kumar

134. Priya Gupta

135. Mohit Agarwal

136. Sanjay Singh

137. Vinod Kumar

138. Mukul Sinha

139. Rajesh Kumar

140. Binod Bihari Singh

141. Amrendra

142. Narayan Rai

143. Amrendra

144. Narayan Rai

145. Aishwarya Riti

146. Sanjay Singh

147. Praveen Kumar

148. Madhu Prasun

149. Mintoo Kumari

150. Amrendra Narayan Rai

151. Jai Prakash Singh

152. Arti Kumari

153. Sheela Rani

154. Rakesh

155. Narayan Singh

156. Rakesh

157. Narayansingh

158. Sweta

159. Rajesh Kumar Singh

160. Binod Bihari Singh

161. Kumar Saurav

162. Vaibhava Veer Shanker

163. Nawnit Kumar

164. Tiwary

165. Rajesh Kumar

166. Brajesh Tiwary

167. Vaibhava Veer Shanker

168. Alok Kumar Jha

169. Atal Bihari Pandey

170. Brisketu Sharan Pandey

171. Abhishek Kumar

172. Madan Kumar

173. Akshat Agrawal

174. Mohit Agarwal

175. Rahul Kumar Jai Prakash Singh

176. Brisketu Sharan Pandey

177. Madan Kumar

178. Abhishek Kumar

179. Brisketu Sharan Pandey

180. Abhishek Kumar

181. Madan Kumar

182. Brisketu Sharan Pandey

183. Abhishek Kumar

184. Madan Kumar

185. Gautam Kumar Kejriwal

186. Birendra Kumar Singh

187. Prakash Chandra Agrawal

188. Brisketu Sharan Pandey

189. Abhishek Kumar

190. Madan Kumar

191. Rakesh

192. Narayansingh

193. Alok Kumar Jha

194. Gautam Kumar Kejriwal

195. Sunil Kumar Pathak

196. Deepali Singh

197. Alka Singh

198. Arun Kumar No. 1

199. Sumeet Kumar Singh

200. Alka Singh

201. Mukund Kumar

202. Mukund Kumar

203. Mukund Kumar

204. Aditya Raman

205. Avinash Shekhar

206. Simran Kumari

207. Rajeev Kumar

208. Varun Krishna Singh

209. Kanaya Kumar

210. Ajay Kumar

211. Ashok Kumar

212. Kanaya Kumar

213. Rajesh Kumar Singh

214. Arun Kumar Verma

In Rohtas Industries Ltd. (In Liquidation) vs. Official Liquidator Comp Pet/3/1984 Comp Petition, the total number of counsels for the respondent includes 179 counsels, namely:

1. Sheela Sharma

2. AAG6

3. J.N.P. Sinha

4. M. K. Jha

5. Rani Kumari @ Rani Singh

6. Binod Kr.Singh

7. P.C. Jaiswal

8. Ram Niwas Prasad

9. A.P.Jittu (Sc.2)

10. Dhirendra Singh

11. Sourendra Pandey

12. Anant Kr.Bhaskar

13. Manish Jha

14. Kaushalendra Kumar

15. Singh

16. Sheo Narayan Singh

17. Jitendra Prasad Singh

18. Ajit Kumar

19. Subhro Sanyal

20. Kaushal Kumar

21. Awadhesh Kumar Sinha

22. R.A.Singh

23. Narendra Kumar

24. Prabhakar Nath Rai

25. Ajeet Kumar

26. Avinash Kumar

27. Ashutosh Ranjan

28. Pandey

29. Shiv Narayan Singh

30. K.P.Yadav

31. Nirmal Kumar Tripathi

32. Lakshmi Kant Tiwary

33. Chandra Has Mishra

34. S.D. Sanjay

35. Akash Chaturvedi

36. Alok Kumar Agrawal

37. Shivendra Kumar Roy

38. Shivendra Kumar Roy

39. Binod Bihari Sinha

40. Kapil Deo Pandey

41. Randhir Singh

42. Vijeshwar Prasad

43. Suresh Kumar

44. Dhirendra Singh

45. Kumar Manish (Sc-21)

46. Mr.Ajay

47. Ashutosh Ranjan

48. Pandey

49. Dhananjay Kumar Singh

50. Vikash Kumar

51. Shyam Krishna Sahay

52. Mohit Kumar

53. Rakesh Narayan Singh

54. Arti Singh

55. P.R. Mishra

56. G.P.Ray (Aag.3)

57. Himanshu Goswami

58. Smt. Asha Verma

59. M. N. Parbat

60. Santosh Kumar Verma

61. Gaurav Govind

62. Sri Prakash Singh

63. Sanjay Kumar Upadhyay

64. A. K. Tripathi

65. C. M. Saxena

66. S.B.P.Sinha

67. Barmeshwar Tiwary

68. Navniti Pd. Singh

69. G.P. Jaiswal

70. Birendra Kr. Sinha

71. Amrendra Kr. Sinha

72. Abhay Kumar Roy

73. Shailendra Kumar

74. Roy Shivaji Nath

75. V.K. Singh

76. Ram Krishna Prasad

77. Aliullah

78. Ravi Shankar Prasad

79. P.S. Singh

80. Rajesh Kr.Singh

81. Kinkar Kumar

82. Rajendra Kumar Giri

83. R.S.Pradhan

84. M. K. Dubey

85. Binay Kumar

86. S. P. Tripathi

87. Udit Narayan Singh

88. Sushanta Kr.Das

89. Amit Srivastav

90. Mr.Ajay

91. A. K. Lal

92. Anjani Kumar Mishra

93. Bipin Dutta Pathak

94. Shivaji Singh

95. Manoj Madhav

96. Anant Vijay Singh

97. Sandip Singh

98. Rajesh Kumar Singh

99. Sanjay Pd.(Ac To Aag6)

100. Kaushlendra Kumar

101. Sinha

102. Avinash Kumar

103. Rashid Izhar

104. Shantanu Kumar

105. Ashok Priyadarshi

106. Partha Sarthy (Ga4)

107. Ramashankar Pd

108. Sumitra

109. Umesh Pd. Singh

110. Jitendra Kumar Roy

111. Vishweshwar Nath

112. Mishra

113. Sheela Sharma

114. Arvind Kumar

115. Partha Sarthy (Ga4)

116. K.N.P. Singh

117. Rajendra Kumar

118. Shivendra Kumar Roy

119. Surj Bansh Roy

120. `Ipudaman Pd. Singh

121. N.V.Tiwary

122. Harendra Prasad Singh-

123. 1

124. Ratan Pd. Sinha

125. Jagdish Prasad

126. Subbro Sanyal

127. Binod Bihari Sinha

128. Akash Chaturvedi

129. A.K.Agrawal

130. S.C. Dubey

131. Y.V. Giri,Mr.D.N.Pandey

132. Gautam Bose (Aag8)

133. Amit Srivastava

134. S.D Sanjay

135. Anjani Kumar (Aag10)

136. Ram Chandra Singh

137. Manish Jha

138. Jitendra Kumar Roy

139. Shivendra Kumar Roy

140. Uday Bhan Singh

141. Ajeet Kumar (Ga9)

142. Braj Kishore Pd.

143. Ajit Ranjan Kumar

144. Ajit Ranjan Kumar

145. Anurag Saurav

146. Abhinav Alok

147. Priyajeet Pandey

148. Lakmesh Marvind

149. Alka Panday

150. Shambhu Sharan Singh

151. Kumar Praveen

152. Rajesh Kumar Singh

153. Anuj Kumar

154. Rajiv Kumar Singh

155. Yash Singh

156. Praveen Kumar

157. Suraj Samdarshi

158. Avinash Shekhar

159. Diwanshi Rohatgi

160. Rabindra Kumar

161. Priyadarshi

162. Apurv Harsh

163. Manu Tripurari

164. Sujit Kumar

165. Gyanendra Kumar Singh

166. Navneet Prabhakar

167. Sanjay Kumar Sinha

168. Pankaj Kumar Sinha

169. Shadwal Harsh

170. Gautam Kumar Kejriwal

171. Arun Kumar

172. Raj Vardhan Singh

173. Alok Kumar

174. Kumar Ravish

175. Gautam Kumar Yadav

176. Tafazzul Ahmad

177. Prashant Kumar

178. Nishant Kumar

179. Sanjiv Kumar