IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.5403 of 2020 ====================================================== 1. Kamleshwar Pandey S/o Late Ramashankar Pandey, R/o Village- Bediban Madhuban, Via- Damodarpur, District- East Champaran. 2. Subh Narayan Prasad Jaiswal, S/o Baiju Prasad, R/o Village Pipra PS- Pipra, Damodarpur, District- East Champaran. 3. Diwakar Bhushan Shrivastava, S/o Late Lakshman Prasad Shrivastava, R/o Village- Pipra Station, Damodarpur, District- East Champaran. 4. Anupama Rajbansh D/o Vijay Kunar Singh, R/o Mohalla- Belbanwa, P.O.- Motihari Town, District- East Champaran. 5. Sanjay Kumar, S/o Late Laxmi Narayan Prasad, R/o Village- Bediban Madhuban, Via- Damodarpur, P.O.- Pipra, District- East Champaran. 6. Prabhat Kumar Singh S/o Surendra Prasad Singh, R/o Mohalla- Belbanwa, P.O.- Motihari Town, District- East Champaran. 7. Alok Kumar, S/o Late Satyanarayan Trivedi, R/o Village- Satyamurti Niwas, Gaushala Chawk, P.O.- Ramna Mithanpur, District- Muzaffarpur. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Education Department, Bihar, Patna. 2. The Director, Higher Secondary, Education Department, Bihar, Patna. 3. The Chairman, Bihar School Examination Board (Higher Secondary), Patna. 4. The Secretary, Bihar School Examination Board (Higher Secondary), Patna. 5. The District Education Officer, Government of Bihar East Champaran. 6. The Chairman, Managing Committee, R.P.B.D., Inter College, Pipra Station, East Champaran. 7. Birendra Prasad, Principal In-charge, R.P.B.D., Inter College, Pipra Station, East Champaran. 8. The Accountant General, Government of India, R. Block Roundabout, Patna, Bihar. 9. The Director General of Police, Sardar Patel Bhawan, Patna. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ravi Shankar Ganguli, Adv. For the Respondent/s : Mrs. Shilpa Singh, GA-12 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR ORAL ORDER 11 12-02-2026 Heard learned Advocate for the parties. Patna High Court CWJC No.5403 of 2020(11) dt.12-02-2026 2/3 2. The matter relates to disbursement of the grant to the teacher and non-teaching employees of the college in question, namely, Rameshwar Prasad Bhagyawati Devi Intermediate college at Pipra, East Champaran. 3. Learned Advocate for the petitioner contended that despite the order having been passed by the District Education Officer, on being referred by the State Appellate Authority, the Managing Committee of the college in question has not disbursed the entire due amount for the academic year 2011-13 and onwards, causing serious prejudice to the petitioners. 4. A counter affidavit has been filed on behalf of respondent no. 7 and apprised this Court that the petitioners have already been paid their salary/honorarium for the session 2011-13 from the internal resources of the college vide letter no. 385/ 2023 dated 17.11.2023. 5. Learned Advocate for the respondent no. 6 and 7 however, further contended that in any view of the matter the present writ petition is not maintainable inasmuch as no writ of mandamus can be issued against the Managing Committee of the college. 6. Having considered the submissions advanced by learned Advocate for the respective parties and taking note of Patna High Court CWJC No.5403 of 2020(11) dt.12-02-2026 3/3 the fact that at some point of time the dispute with regard to disbursement of the due salary/honorarium of the petitioner was taken care of by the District Education Officer, East Champaran, Motihari on being referred by the Bihar State Teaching Institution Teachers and Employees Authorities, this Court thinks it appropriate to extend the liberty to the petitioners to approach either before the Bihar State Teaching Institution Teachers & Employees Authority or the concerned District Education Officer, who shall look into the matter and take appropriate decision after giving opportunity of hearing to all the stakeholders. 7. The writ petition stands disposed off, with the aforesaid observation. supratim/- (Harish Kumar, J) U