IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.4193 of 2025 ====================================================== 1. Yogendra Kumar Lal, Retired Deputy Director, Public Relation (Field), Kosi Division, Saharsa, S/o Late Mohan Lal, R/o Koshi Colony, Court Station Road, Purnia, District Purnia, Pin Code- 854301. 2. Kamal Singh, S/o Sri Nirmal Singh, R/o Opposite Mahendru Post Office, Shanti Sadan, Patna- 800006 at present posted as Additional District Public Relation Officer, Sitamarhi. 3. Satyendra Prasad, S/o Prof. Surendra Prasad Singh, R/o Village- Lodipur, P.O. Hulasganj, District Jehanabad, Pin- 804407 at present posted as Deputy Director, Darbhanga Division. 4. Dilip Sarkar, S/o Late Vanshlochan Ram, R/o Village and P.O. Mokari, Town- Bhabhua, District- Kaimur, at present Posted as Additional District Public Relation Officer, Purnia. 5. Deepak Chandra Dev, S/o Balendranath Dev, R/o Raghunath Bhawan, Begumpur, P.O. and P.S.- Ara, District- Bhojpur, at present posted as Additional District Public Relation Officer, Gaya. 6. Brajesh Kumar Vikal, S/o Late Ram Kumar Mishra, R/o Mahesh Nagar, Road No. 02, P.O. Kesri Nagar, P.S. Patliputra, District Patna- 800024 at present posted as Assistant Director (Headquarter) Information and Public Relation Department, Soochna Bhawan, Patna, Bihar. 7. Gupteshwar Kumar, S/o Late Ram Ayodhya Ram, R/o Mohalla- Meera Chak, P.O. and P.S. Ara, District- Bhojpur, at present posted as Deputy Director cum District Pubic Relation Officer, Nalanda. 8. Parimal Kumar, S/o Nirmal Kumar, R/o Shanti Sadan, Ashok Rajpath, Mohalla- Mahendru, P.O. Mahendru, Thana- Sultanganj, District- Patna, at present posted as Deputy Director cum District Public Relation Officer, Madhubani. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. State of Bihar through the Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar, Patna. 2. Additional Chief Secretary, General Administration Department, Bihar, Patna. 3. Principal Secretary, Department of Finance, Government of Bihar, Patna. 4. Secretary, Information and Public Relation Department, Soochna Bhawan, Bihar, Patna. 5. Director information and Public Relation Department, Soochna Bhawan, Bihar, Patna. 6. Secretary, Bihar Public Service Commission, 15 Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg, Bailey Road, Patna. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Patna High Court CWJC No.4193 of 2025(2) dt.20-03-2025 2/3 Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Sujeet Kumar Sinha, Advocate Ms. Indu Bhushan Pandey, Advocate Mr. Satish Kumar, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Mr. Randhir Kumar, AC to SC-18 For the B.P.S.C. : Mr. Sanjay Pandey, Advocate Mr. Nishant Kr. Jha, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DR. ANSHUMAN ORAL ORDER 2 20-03-2025 Heard Learned Counsel for the petitioners, Learned Counsel for the State and Learned Counsel for the Bihar Public Service Commission. 2. The present writ petition has been filed with the following reliefs:- “I. Whether the petitioners were appointed pursuant to the advertisement number 1 of 1990 issued by the Bihar State Subordinate Service Selection Board Patna, commonly known as the third graduate level competitive examination in which the anticipated vacancy from January 1990 to December 1993 was to be filled up will be called one transaction of selection" II. Whether the merit list prepared by Bihar Public Service Commission in the year 1996-1997 can be treated differently for the grant of post-retiral benefit due to different Patna High Court CWJC No.4193 of 2025(2) dt.20-03-2025 3/3 date of offer of appointment? III. Whether the option submitted by the petitioner pursuant to the gazette notification dated 28.11.2023 is binding upon the petitioners and the State?” 3. Learned Counsel for the petitioners seeks issuance of mandamus and prior to that he has filed Annexures-P/6 and P/7 before the concerned authority, on which no order has yet been passed. 4. Learned Counsel for the State submits that passing order on representation of the petitioner is necessary. 5. In that view of the matter, this writ petition is disposed off directing respondent No.4, the Secretary, Information and Public Relation Department, Soochna Bhawan, Bihar, Patna, to pass order on the representation of the petitioners within 90 days from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. Mkr./- (Dr. Anshuman, J) U