2026:JHHC:21033 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI W.P.(S) No. 492 of 2023 1. Sharat Kumar, S/o Mohan Prasad, R/o Mohalla-Baba Path, Hurhuru, PO & PS-Hazaribag, District-Hazaribag 2. Vinod Kumar Das, S/o Shankar Das, R/o Village-Korbatta, PO- Laguniya Suryakantha, PS-Muffasil Samastipur, District- Samastipur 3. Sharmila Kumari @ Sharmila Devi, D/o Ram Vilas Das, R/o Village-Kanu Vishnupur, PO-Ilamas Nagar, PS-Khanpur, District- Samastipur 4. Motilal Das, S/o Basant Lal Das, R/o Village-Mabhouliya, PO- Chandan Patti, District-Muzaffarpur 5. Ramdev Das, S/o Prem Narayan Das, R/o Village-Narayanpur, PO-Dahruaa Sakari, District-Darbhanga 6. Rajesh Kumar Suman, S/o Vindeshwar Mahto, R/o Village+PO- Nakuni, PS-Hasanpur, District-Darbhanga 7. Bittu Kumar Singh, S/o Ram Bahadur Singh, R/o Village+PO- Baruaari, PS-Gayaghat, District-Muzaffarpur 8. Santosh Kumar Singh, S/o Alakh Niranjan Singh, R/o Village+PO- Tehwara, PS-Katra, District-Muzaffarpur 9. Ratan Sah, S/o Ram Chandra Sah, R/o Village+PO-Saidpur, PS- Chakmaheshi, District-Samastipur 10. Mohan Pandey, S/o Neklal Pandey, R/o Village-Kudhawa, PO- Kudhawa Barheta, PS-Kalyanpur, District-Samastipur 11. Shanti Kumari, D/o Vijay Kumar Ray, R/o Village+PO+PS- Kalyanpur, District-Samastipur 12. Pawan Kumar Mishra, S/o Parmeshwar Mishra, R/o Village+PO- Saidpur, PS-Chakmaheshi, District-Samastipur 13. Satyanand Prasad, S/o Ram Nand Prasad, R/o Village+PO- Manpura, PS-Bangra, District-Samastipur 14. Ajay Kumar Sinha, S/o Birendra Prasad, R/o Village-Gadopur, PO-Manpura, PS-Bangra, District-Samastipur ... … Petitioners Versus 1. The State of Jharkhand, through its Secretary, Road Construction Department, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi 2. The Secretary, Road Construction Department, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi 3. The Engineer-in-Chief, Road Construction Department, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi 4. The Chief Engineer, Road Construction Department, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi ... … Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH SHANKAR ----- For the Petitioners : Mr. Anurag Kumar, Advocate 2026:JHHC:21033 2 For the Respondents : Mr. Munna Lal Yadav, SC (L&C)-I Mr. Sazeb Iqbal, AC to SC (L&C)-I ----- 08/17.07.2026 The present writ petition has been filed for issuance of direction upon the respondent authorities to absorb/appoint the petitioners as regular employee from the date of their initial appointment on the posts they have been working for several years on daily wages in view of Circular No. 16441 dated 03.12.1980 and Circular No. 3577 dated 25.04.1997 issued by the Department of Personnel, Administrative Reforms and Rajbhasha, Government of Bihar and keeping in view the order dated 27.11.1999 (modified vide order dated 16.12.1999) passed in C.W.J.C No. 2338/1998(R) as well as the orders dated 18.09.2013 and 08.10.2018 passed in W.P.(S) No. 7386 of 2012 and W.P.(S) No. 1951 of 2016 respectively. The petitioners have also made further related prayers. 2. Learned counsel for the parties jointly submit that the issue raised in the present writ petition is squarely covered by the order dated 07.02.2024 passed by this Court in W.P.(S) No. 3732 of 2022 and, therefore, the present writ petition may also be disposed of in terms with the said order. 3. Having considered the submission of the respective counsel, the present writ petition is disposed of in terms with the order dated 07.02.2024 passed in W.P.(S) No. 3732 of 2022. 4. Accordingly, the petitioners are granted liberty to file representation(s) on the issue raised in the present writ petition before the respondent no. 2 – the Secretary, Road Construction Department, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi within three weeks from the date of this order. On receipt of the said representation(s), 2026:JHHC:21033 3 the respondent no. 2, on providing an opportunity of hearing to the petitioners/their authorized representative(s), shall take an appropriate decision on the issue raised in the present writ petition by passing a reasoned order in terms with the relevant policy/rules/circulars etc. within three months from the date of filing of the said representation(s) and communicate the copies thereof to the petitioners through Speed Post on their addresses mentioned by them in their representation(s). 5. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with aforesaid liberty and direction. (Rajesh Shankar, J.) July 17, 2026 Manish Uploaded on 17.07.2026