In Shankar Prasad Sharma & Ors. vs. The State of Bihar & Ors. (2026), Supreme Court's Division Bench of Justices Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Alok Aradhe passed a 3-page long order dated February 3, 2026, wherein, it concluded: "2. We are not inclined to entertain this writ petition filed under Article 32 of the Constitution of India. However, as the Writ Petition was pending before this Court for sometime, we deem it appropriate to transfer the Writ Petition to the High Court of Judicature at Patna for registering it as a Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution. 3. The Registry is directed to transmit the entire records of the writ petition to the High Court expeditiously. 4. It is made clear that we have not expressed any opinion on the merits of the matter. The parties will be entitled to raise all contentions and objections before the High Court and it is for the High Court to consider the case on its own merits and dispose it of. 5. In view of the fact that the petition has been pending for sometime, we request the High Court to take up and dispose of the Writ Petition as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of five months from today. 6. In view of above, the Writ Petition is disposed of."
Besides the State Of Bihar, the other Respondents were: Principal Secretary, Higher Education, Special Secretary, Higher Education and Director, Higher Education. The Petitioners were: 1. Shankar Prasad Sharma, 2. Dr. Dinesh Kumar Mahto, 3. Dr. Arun Kumar Choudhary, 4. Dr. Alok Kumar Singh, 5. Dr. Arun Kumar Singh, 6 Dr. Md. Aasaduzaman, 7. Dr. Meena Kumari, 8. Dr Sashi Ranjan, 9. Dr. Awadhesh Kr. Singh, 10. Dr Dinesh Prasad Sinha, 11. Dr. Balbodh Yadav, 12. Dr. Prahlad Kumar, 13. Dr. Naresh Chandra Vidyarthi, 14. Dr. Rajesh Kumar Bariar, 15. Dr. Nand Kishore Singh, 16. Surendra Kumar, 17. Banke Bihari Singh, 18. Ashok Kumar Jha, 19. Kishori Sah, 20 Arun Kumar Ghosh, 21. Prabhuranjan Prasad Singh, 22. Krishna Sevak Pd. Singh, 23. S.M. Imran Ahmad, 24. Manoj Kumar Singh, 25. Ratish Kumar, 26. Ratnanshu Thakur., 27 Awadh Kishor Saha, 28 Arun Kumar, 29. Pratima Kumari, 30. Himanshu Shekhar Mishra, 31. Kaushal Kishore Singh, 32 Devendra Prasad Sharma, 33. Ira Singh, 34. Sunil Kumar Mandal, 35. Poonam Kumari, 36. Subodh Kumar Singh, 37. Devashish Laheri, 38. Poonam Kumari Gupta, 39. Minakshi Kumari, 40. Seema Gupta, 41. Balram Prasad Singh, 42. Sunil Kumar Bhakta, 43. Kanta Devi, 44. Dr. Ravindra Kumar, 45. Parvin Kumar, 46 Satyendra Rai, 47. Sunil Kumar Sharma, 48 Ram Kumar Singh, 49. Satendra Kumar, 50. Arbind Prasad Sinha, 51. Subodh Kumar Mondal, 52. Umesh Chandra Tiwari, 53. Satyasheel Kumar Mishra, 54. Tarapati Singh, 55. Mohsin Ahmad, 56. Shyamal Biswas, 57. Birendra Thakur, 58. Mohammad Altaful Haque, 59. Krishna Murari Acharya, 60. Madan Kumar Jha, 61 Dheera Choudhary, 62 Syed Mohammad Sayeed Akhter, 63. Shankar Prasad, 64 Ashok Kumar, 65 Siya Ram Singh, 66. Chandeswar Pd. Singh, 67. Ramasharya Prasad, 68. Dr. Narendra Tiwari, 69. Surendra Kumar Singh, 70. Dr. Raish Singh, 71. Mahesh Prasad, 72. Ashok Kumar, 73. Kundan Kumar Singh, 74. Dr. Sharad Kumar, 75. Vipendra Kumar Sinha, 76. Dr. Sheo Kumar Yadav, 77. Dr. Sanjeev Kumar, 78. Dr. Ram Sewak Singh, 79. Anil Kumar, 80. Md. Shabbir, 81 Baban Singh, 82. Paras Nath Kumar, 83. Haridwar Singh, 84. Arun Kumar Singh, 85. Ashok Kumar Singh, 86. Dr Vijay Kumar Sinha, 87. Dr. Binay Kumar Singh, 88. Dr. Raadhe Shayam Pd. Sinha, 89. Dr. Arun Kumar Singh, 90. Abdus Salam, 91. Ashok Kumar Mahto, 92. Abhay Kumar Chowdhari, 93. Prafulla Kumar, 94. Ashok Kumar Singh, 95. Dharmshila Kumari, and 96. Bishwendra Pratap Singh.
The case was filed in the Supreme Court on March 6, 2024, It was verified n April 10, 2024 and registered on September 24, 2024.
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