Patna High Court delivered 13 judgements on Dec. 23, Justice Alok Kumar Sinha sets aside unsustainable orders by District Teachers Employment Appellate Authority, Buxar, State Appellate Tribunal, Bihar in 2016, 2017

Patna High Court delivered 13 judgements on December 23, 2025 in Chhathu Singh vs. The State of Bihar, Bajrang Pathak vs. The State of Bihar, Rishu Ranjan vs. The Examination controller of Bihar Combined Entrance Competitive Exam Board, Madhwi Jha and Ors vs. The Patna University & Ors., Shailja Sinha vs. The Union of India, Kumari Bandana & Anr. vs. The State Of Bihar & Ors., Chandan Kumar vs. The State of Bihar & Ors., Indu Kumari @ Indu Devi vs. The State of Bihar & Ors., Pratima Kumari vs. The State of Bihar & Ors., Madhwi Jha & Ors. vs. The Patna University & Ors., Uday Shankar Choudhary vs. The State of Bihar, Ishwar Kumar vs. The State of Bihar and Bhola Mochi vs. Uttar Bihar Gramin Bank & Ors.

In Kumari Bandana & Anr. vs. The State of Bihar & Ors. (2025), Justice Alok Kumar Sinha of Patna High Court delivered a 14-page long judgement dated December 23, 2025 wherein, he concluded:"...the impugned order dated 25.01.2016 passed by District Teachers Employment Appellate Authority, Buxar in Case no. 04/2013 and order dated 24.08.2017 passed by State Appellate Tribunal, Bihar in Appeal no. 83 of 2017 cannot be sustained and is hereby set aside. 32. The respondents are directed to accept the joining of both the petitioners as per the order dated 09.10.2014 passed by the District Teacher Appellate Authority, Buxar, and pursuant to their appointments, the respondents are further directed to grant all consequential benefits to which the petitioners would be legally entitled to with effect from the date of issuance of their appointment letters. The aforesaid exercise shall be completed within a period of fifteen days from the date of passing of this judgment.

The writ application was filed for issuance of writ in the nature of certiorari quashing the Order dated 24.08.2017 passed in Appeal No. 83 of 2017 passed by the learned State Appellate Authority, Bihar, Patna whereby the Appeal preferred by the Petitioners have been rejected on baseless grounds which were never in issue without application of judicious mind. 

She had also prayed for issuance of writ in the nature of certiorari for quashing of the Order dated 25.01.2016 passed by the Member, District Teachers Appointment Appellate Authority, Buxar in Case No. 4 of 2013 whereby the Appeal preferred by the Petitioners have been rejected reviewing its final Order dated 09.10.2014 by which the Petitioners joining was directed to be accepted by the Respondents at the Schools in which they were appointed. She also issuance of writ in the nature of mandamus directing the Respondents to accept the joining of both the Petitioners as per the Orders passed by the District Teachers Appointment Appellate Authority, Buxar dated October 9, 2014. The petitioner further prayed for issuance of writ in the nature of mandamus commanding the Respondents to grant/accord the consequential benefits to the Petitioners for which they are legally entitled to from the date of issuance of their appointment letters by the Competent Authority and for issuance of the writ in the nature of declaration holding that the appointment of the Petitioners were legal and there was no flaw in the procedure and further hold that the District Teachers Appointment Appellate Authority, Buxar have no jurisdiction to review its own Order available in the law.

The petitioners were appointed as Panchayat Teachers pursuant to the selection process conducted under the Bihar Panchayat Primary Teacher (Appointment and Service Conditions) Rules, 2006. The appointments were made against sanctioned and vacant posts after due process of selection, counselling and verification, as would be evident from the appointment letters annexed with the writ petition. A dispute subsequently arose with regard to the legality of the alleged appointments. The matter was taken before the District Teachers Employment Appellate Authority, Buxar, which by order dated 09.10.2014 allowed the claim of the petitioners. Thereafter, the very same District Appellate Authority, by order dated 25.01.2016, reviewed and recalled its earlier order dated 09.10.2014, holding that the earlier order suffered from error. The petitioners assailed the order dated 25.01.2016 before the State Teachers Employment Appellate Authority, Bihar, which by order dated 24.08.2017 dismissed the appeal and affirmed the order passed by the District Appellate Authority. The petitioners approached the High Court by filing the writ application.