IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.8963 of 2025 ====================================================== 1. Umesh Prasad Singh S/o Munga Lal Singh, R/o Village Kajla Tola, P.O- Dhantola, P.S-Dighal Bank, District - Kishanganj. 2. Ashraf Imam, S/o Zafar Imam, R/o Mohalla Chaprasi, Ward No. 15, P.S. Kishanganj. District - Kishanganj. 3. Shamsh Alam Ansari S/o Gul Mohammad Ansari, R/o Village and P.O Belwa, P.S. Kishanganj, District Kishanganj. 4. Md. Farooque Azam, S/o Md. Yusuf Ali, R/o Village - Chhagalia, Ward No. 13, P.O. and PS.-Belwa Hat. District- Kishanganj. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar through the Secretary Personnel and Administration Reforms Department, Bihar, Patna. 2. The Secretary Personnel and Administration Reforms Department, Bihar, Patna. 3. The Commissioner, Purnea Division, Purnea. 4. The District Magistrate, Kishanganj, Bihar. 5. The Deputy Development Commissioner, Kishanganj, Bihar. 6. The Establishment Deputy Collector, Kishanganj. 7. The District Welfare Officer, Kishanganj. 8. The Additional Collector, Kishanganj, Bihar. 9. Sadanand Sharma, Head Cleark, Establishment, Kishanganj District. 10. Director General Vigilance Investigation Beaure Patna. 11. Principal Secretary Vigilance Department Government of Bihar, Patna. 12. Shambhu Kamti, S/o Bishwanath Kamti, R/o Village-Dumaria, Police Station - Kishanganj, District- Kishanganj. 13. Rajesh Paswan, R/o Ruidhasa, P.O. and Police Station - Kishanganj, District-Kishanganj. 14. Binod Kumar Kamti R/o Village-Rollbag (Khagra), Kishanganj. Police Station- Kishanganj, District- Kishanganj. 15. Mahesh Prasad Thakur R/o Rallabagh, Police Station- Kishanganj, District- Kishanganj. 16. Kumari Meera Karn R/o Village Betauna, Police Station-Benipatti, District - Madhubani. 17. Ganesh Prasas Sah R/o Village-Teli Basti Road, Police Station - Kishanganj, District- Kishanganj. 18. Md. Tarique Hussain R/o Mohalla 94 Vivekanand Kalatekas, near noorul mohiudipur, Police Station and District-Kishanganj. 19. Shrawan Kumar Bantar R/o Mohalla Dharmganj, Majhiya Road, Ward No. 28, Police Station and District - Kishanganj. Patna High Court CWJC No.8963 of 2025(2) dt.04-05-2026 2/6 20. Mahfooz Alam R/o Mohalla-Line Masjid Chowk, Ward No. 04 Police Station Kishanganj, District- Kishanganj. 21. Prem Kumar Singh R/o Village Dengapar, Po-Singhia, Police Station - Kishanganj, District- Kishanganj. 22. Lovindra Prasad Thakur @ Lobindra Prasad Thakur R/o Village-Fulwari, PO -Alta Hat, Police Station- Kochadhaman, District-Kishanganj. 23. Devendra Chauhan R/o Mohalla- Dumaria, Police Station-Kishanganj, District- Kishanganj. 24. Bhonu Das R/o Village-Dumaria, Police Station- Kishanganj, District- Kishanganj. 25. Deo Narayan Ram R/o Village and P.O. -Alta Hat, Police Station- Kishanganj, District-Kishanganj. 26. Babita Kumari R/o Mohall-New Colony Dharamganj (Near Sardar Gopal School) Ward No. 11 P.S. Kishanganj, Distt.- Kishanganj. 27. Santosh Kumar Thakur R/o Village- Khagra Halim Chowk Aam Bagan, P.S. - Kishanganj, Distt-Kishanganj. 28. Satyendra Kumar Singh R/o village dumaria, Ward No. 30, Near Kali Mandir, P.O. and P.S. and District- Kishanganj. 29. Raj Kishore Thakur R/o village Khagra Chowk, P.S.- Kishanganj, Distt- Kishanganj. 30. Ganesh Mandal R/o village - Dahi Bhat, P.O. Terhagachh, P.S.- Terhagachh, Distt- Kishanganj. 31. Pankaj Kumar Ram R/o Village- Kajla Mani Ward 2, P.S.- Kishanganj, Dist- Kishanganj. 32. Anjana Kumari Saha Ro village- Mahavir Marg, P.S.- Kishanganj, Distt- Kishanganj. 33. Lakshmi Devi @ Laxmi Devi Ro Mohalla-Roll Bagh, PO and P.S. -Kishanganj, Distt- Kishanganj 34. Manoj Kumar R/o Kajlamani, P.S. Kishanganj, Distt-Kishanganj. 35. Dharmendra Kumar R/o village - Ward No. 23 House no. 40. new mission road rattan goswami k piche P.O. and PS and Distt- Kishanganj. 36. Md. Zubair Alam R/o village- Puras, P.O. Sontha, P.S. Kochadhaman, Distt- Kishanganj. 37. Lovely Das @ Lavil Das R/o village - Dumaria Ward No. 30, P.S. Kishanganj, Distt- Kishanganj. 38. Rasik Lal Marandi R/o village- Hugur Nagar, P.O. Moletola, P.S. Pirpainti, Distt- Bhagalpur. 39. Sunil Kumar R/o Village- Ward No. 11 Block Campus Bahadurganj, P.O. and P.S. Bahadurganj, District-Kishanganj. 40. Kumari Kaushalya R/o village- Benugarh, P.O. Matiyari, P.S. and Distt- Kishanganj. 41. Ramesh Kumar Ram R/o village - Kajlamari Road Ward No 2 P.S. and Distt- Kishanganj. Patna High Court CWJC No.8963 of 2025(2) dt.04-05-2026 3/6 42. Shatrughan Thakur R/o village- Dinazpur Road, Ward No. 11, P.S, and Distt- Kishanganj. 43. Kumari Sushila R/o village Dahibhat P.O. and P.S.-Terhagarh, Distt- Kishanganj. 44. Rajesh Prasad Paswan R/o village - Railway Colony, P.S. and Distt- Kishanganj. 45. Mina Devi R/o village - Dumaria, P.S. and Distt-Kishanganj 46. Jyoti Kumari R/o Mohalla - Dumaria Kali Mandir, P.S. and Distt- Kishanganj. 47. Rakhi Goswami R/o village - Ruidhasa Kalibari Chowk, P.S and Distt- Kishanganj. 48. Chhabi Das R/o village -Ward No. 30, Roll Bagh Opposite Glass Factory, P.S. and Distt- Kishanganj. 49. Pravin Kumar Thakur R/o Loharpatti Road, P.S. and Distt-Kishanganj. 50. Umesh Prasad Saha R/o Mohalla Dharamganj, P.O. and P.S. and Distt- Kishanganj. 51. Dilip Kumar Goswami R/o village Dharamganj Kishanganj, Ward No. 11 Near Sarad Gopal Singh School, P.O. and P.S. and Distt- Kishanganj. 52. Ramesh Prasad Rai R/o Village- Parlabari, P.O. Raipur, P.S. and Distt.- Kishanganj. 53. Md. Tanveer Alam R/o Mohalla Halim Chawk Ward No. 22, Nana Nagar Distt- Kishanganj. 54. Md. Quasim, R/o Fulwari, P.O.- Terhagachh, Police Station - Terhagachh, District- Kishanganj. 55. Shatrughan Thakur R/o village- Dumaria, Police Station- Kishanganj, District- Kishanganj. 56. Ram Narayan Ram R/o village - Alta Hat, P.O. -Pothia, Police Station - Pothia, District- Kishanganj. 57. Shailendra Kumar Singh R/o village- Bagalbari, P.O.- Bagalbari, Police Station -Kochadhaman, District-Kishanganj. 58. Barnabas Marandi R/o Naya Simldangi, Police Station Kishanganj, District- Kishanganj. 59. Ranvijay Kumar, R/o Kochhansa, P.O.- Karpi, Police Station - Karpi, District- Jehanabad. 60. Sunil Kumar Hembrum R/o Kushmarahi, P.O. and PS Kushmarahi, District- Purnia. 61. Lakshman Kumar Roy R/o Mauzabari, P.S-Patkoi, District- Kishanganj. 62. Shree Lal Baitha R/o Rupani Hat, Police Station -Kishanganj, District- Kishanganj. 63. Gopi Das R/o Bahadurganj, More Khagra, Police Station- Kishanganj, District - Kishanganj. 64. Shivchandra Ram R/o village- Alta Hat, Police Station-Kochadhaman, District- Kishanganj. Patna High Court CWJC No.8963 of 2025(2) dt.04-05-2026 4/6 65. Saroj Kumar Yadav R/o village -Majgama Angarh Hat, Sontha Kochadhaman, P.S. -Kochadhaman, District-Kishanganj. 66. Md. Alam R/o ward No. 23. Ruidhasa Khanka Road, Rampur, P.S.- Kishanganj, District- Kishanganj. 67. Kumari Kiran Kerketta R/o village - Jamauti Kanjia, Garhwa, P.S. -Garhwa, District- Garhwa, Jharkhand. 68. Bhawesh Kumar Singh R/o village - Makhan Pokhar, ward no. 07, Panchayat - Mirzapur Pokhar, P.O. - Taiyabpur, P.S.. Taiyabpur, District- Kishanganj. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Md. Akhter Hussain, Adv. Mr.Shubhankar Raj, Adv. For the Respondent/s : Mr.Government Pleader 19 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DR. ANSHUMAN ORAL ORDER 2 04-05-2026 Heard Learned Counsel for the petitioners and Learned Counsel for the State. 2. The present writ petition has been filed with the following reliefs:- I. For issuance of writ in the nature of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ for commanding the respondents to appoint the petitioners on the post of Class-IV grade employee pursuant to Advertisement No. 02/99 published by the District Collector, Kishanganj, wherein the petitioners has obtained higher marks in written and physical examination but several candidates who obtained lesser marks than petitioners have been appointed. II. For issuance of writ in the nature of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ for Patna High Court CWJC No.8963 of 2025(2) dt.04-05-2026 5/6 commanding the respondents to call for the merit list of the examination against the Advt. 02/99 which was prepared after taking the examination and further issuance of writ in the nature of certiorari to quash the part of the merit list which was illegally prepared by the respondent no. 6. III. For issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus or any other appropriate writ(s), order(s), directions(s) upon the respondents to act in accordance with law after complying the principles of natural justice and not to act in a vindictive manner against the petitioner. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have filed a representation (Annexure-P/16) for fulfilling their grievances in the year 2016, but no decision has been taken till date. 4. Learned counsel for the State, on the other hand, submits that a counter-affidavit has been filed in which stand has been taken that the Vigilance Investigation Bureau, Bihar Patna, found that several irregularities have been found in conducting the examination vide Advertisement No.02/1999 in which overwriting and manipulation in mark sheet and tabulation chart at large scale has been found by Vigilance Investigation Bureau, Bihar, Patna and for which an FIR bearing No.52 of 2019, dated 28.12.2019 has been lodged in Vigilance Patna High Court CWJC No.8963 of 2025(2) dt.04-05-2026 6/6 Police Station against guilty persons. As such, there is no scope with regard to the petitioner. 5. In the light of the submissions made, the present writ petition is hereby disposed off directing the petitioners to file a fresh representation raising all their grievances before the District Magistrate, Kishanganj (respondent No.4) within 30 days and the respondent No.4 shall take decision in the matter of appointment made in the case of Kapil Kumar & Ors. Vs. The State of Bihar & Ors. with other analogous cases reported in (2020) 1 PLJR 287, which was approved by Hon’ble Division Bench of this Court in LPA No.1183 of 2023, particularly when, this Court is of the firm view that with regard to advertisement No.02 of 1999 , no relief could be granted to the petitioners as on the said vacancy, there was adverse remarks of the vigilance and FIR has been lodged. 6. With the aforesaid directions and observations, the present writ application stands disposed off. Prakashmani/- (Dr. Anshuman, J) U