IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Letters Patent Appeal No.906 of 2023 In Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.9498 of 2022 ====================================================== 1. The State of Bihar through Principal Secretary, Water Resources Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. 2. The Principal Secretary, Water Resources Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Chief Engineer (Mechanical), Water Resources Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. ... ... Appellant/s Versus 1. Gopal S/o- Late Shyam Nandan Prasad R/o- NY-1B, Jhunjhun Mahal, Gardanibag, District- Patna. Presently working as Upper Divisional Clerk in the office of Superintending Engineer (Mechanical), Irrigation Electrical cum Mechanical Circle, Patna. 2. Prabhash Kumar, Late Devndra nath R/o Krishna Nagar, P.O.- Sohsarai, District- Nalanda. Presently working as Upper Division Clerk in the office of Executive Engineer (Mechanical), Irrigation Mechanical Division, Gaya. 3. Anant Kumar, S/o- Late Amarendra Kumar Mehta R/o- 32, Gari Bishanpur, P.O. and P.S.- Piri Bazar, District- Lakhisarai, Presently working as Upper Division Clerk in the office of Executive Engineer (Mechanical), Irrigation Mechanical Monitoring and Disposal Division, Patna. 4. Umesh Chandra Choudhary, S/o- Late Ramawater Choudhary R/o Village and P.O.- Ladaura Dargah, P.S.- Kalyanpur, District- Samastipur, Presently working as Upper Division Clerk in the office of Executive Engineer (Mechanical), Irrigation Mechanical Division, Samastipur. 5. Sunil Kumar Mahto, S/o- Late Faxmi Mahto R/o Village- Bhim Nagar, P.O.- Bashantpur, District- Supaul. Presently working as Upper Division Clerk in the office of Executive Engineer (Mechanical), Irrigation Mechanical Division, Purnea. 6. Maoranjan Kumar Yadav, S/o- Nand Kishor Yadav R/o Village- Dhobal, P.O.- Tarapur, District- Munger. Presently working as Upper Division Clerk in the office of Executive Engineer (Mechanical), Irrigation Electrical cum Mechanical Division, Patna. 7. Dhananjay Kumar Singh, S/o- Late Mahendra Prasad Singh R/o Village and P.O.- Jhalari, P.S.- Rupauli, District- Purnea. Presently working as Upper Division Clerk in the office of Executive Engineer (Mechanical), Irrigation Electrical cum Mechanical Division, Walmi, Patna. 8. Rajesh Kumar, S/o- Late Maheshwar Prasad Singh R/o Village- Banthu, Patna High Court L.P.A No.906 of 2023(3) dt.09-02-2026 2/4 P.O.- Ratpura via Bhagwanpur, District- Vaishali, Presently working as Lower Divisional Clerk in the office of Executive Engineer (Mechanical), Irrigation Mechanical Division, Samastipur. 9. Sanjay Ram, S/o- Late Rambachan Ram R/o Village- TFT Valmiki Nagar, P.O.- Valmiki Nagar, District- West Champaran. Presently working as Lower Divisional Clerk in the office of Superintending Engineer (Mechanical), Irrigation Mechanical Circle, Muzaffarpur. 10. Nitesh Anand, S/o- Late Ajay Kumar Chakraborty R/o K- 186, Kali Mandir Road, Hanuman Nagar, Kankarbagh, District- Patna. Presently working as Lower Divisional Clerk in the office of Executive Engineer (Mechanical), Field Machinery Division, Digha, Patna. 11. Shivkant Mishra, S/o- Late Ramshreshtha Mishra R/o Village and P.O.- Tepri, P.S.- Tiyar, District- Muzaffarpur. Presently working as Lower Divisional Clerk in the office of Executive Engineer (Mechanical), Irrigation Mechanical Design Division, Patna. 12. Rajeev Kumar, S/o- Late Jhulan Singh R/o Belwanwa, Near Nehru Yuva Kendra, Motihari, District- Motihari, Presently working as Lower Divisional Clerk in the office of Executive Engineer (Mechanical), Irrigation Mechanical Monitoring and Disposal Division, Patna. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant/s : Mr. Ravi Bhardwaj, AC to GA-13 For the Respondent/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR VERMA ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH) 3 09-02-2026 Re: I.A. No. 01 of 2023 Learned counsel for the appellants presses I.A. No. 01 of 2023 for condoning the delay of 124 days in preferring this appeal. 2. For the reasons stated in the interlocutory application, the delay in preferring this appeal is condoned. 3. I.A. No. 01 of 2023 stands allowed. Patna High Court L.P.A No.906 of 2023(3) dt.09-02-2026 3/4 Re: LPA No. 906 of 2023 4. The present appeal has been filed seeking the following relief: “That the present letter patent appeal is being filed for setting aside the judgment dated 20.02.2023 passed in C.W.J.C. No. 9498 of 2022 and analogous cases passed by Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rajeev Ranjan Prasad whereby and where under the Hon’ble Single Judge has directed the appointing authority of the concerned writ petitioners to look into the grievance of the writ petitioners, examine the same in the light of the judgment of the Hon’ble Division Bench in L.P.A. No. 167 of 2016 and other cases decided by this Court as also taking note of the consequential orders which have been issued by the competent authority from time to time in respect of similarly situated persons and pass an appropriate order in respect of these petitioners within a period of three months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order.” 5. The issue involved in the present appeal has already been adjudicated by the Full Bench of this Court in CWJC No. 23831 of 2018 and analogous cases, reported in 2025 (4) PLJR 162. 6. Accordingly, the present appeal stands disposed of in terms of the order passed in CWJC No. 23831 of 2018 and Patna High Court L.P.A No.906 of 2023(3) dt.09-02-2026 4/4 analogous cases. 7. Pending application(s), if any, shall also stand disposed of. Anushka/- (Sudhir Singh, J) (Rajesh Kumar Verma, J) U