Patna High Court
MJC/36/2025 of Uday Kumar Vs The State of Bihar on 20 August 2026
COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Case No.36 of 2025 In Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.12983 of 2022 ====================================================== Uday Kumar Son of Late Ramdeo Prasad, Resident of Village- Ghughritand, P.S.- Chan Chauraha, District- Gaya ... ...
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Case No.36 of 2025
In
Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.12983 of 2022
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Uday Kumar Son of Late Ramdeo Prasad, Resident of Village- Ghughritand, P.S.- Chan Chauraha, District- Gaya
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
1.
The State of Bihar Sri Mati Pratima Verma, The State of Bihar through The Commissioner-Cum- Secretary, Science and Technology Department, Govt.
of Bihar, Patna.
2.
Sri Uddain mishra The Director, Science and Technology Department, Govt.
of Bihar, Patna.
3.
Sri Dr. Hiran Kumar singh, The Principal, Government Polytechnic College, Gaya.
... ... Opposite Party/s
Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s
:
Mr. Chandra Bhushan Verma, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Standing Counsel 7
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY
ORAL ORDER
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20-08-2026 Heard the parties.
2. The present petition has been preferred for the following relief(s): “for initiation of contempt proceeding against the contemnors/opposite parties for their willful disobedience of the order dated 14.08.2024 passed in CWJC No. 12983 of 2022.”
3. Mr. Kumar Alok, learned State counsel submits that against the Writ Court’s order, LPA No. 180 of 2025 was filed which came to be disposed of 15.04.2026.
Patna High Court MJC No.36 of 2025(3) dt.20-08-2026
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4. The relevant paragraph of the said order read as under: “10. After hearing the learned counsel for the respective parties and in view of the ratio laid down in the aforesaid judgments, and considering that the writ petition was filed by the petitioner only on 03.09.2022, we deem it appropriate to modify the order of the learned Single Judge and restrict the payment of interest to a period of thee years prior to the date of filing of writ petition.
11. Accordingly, the appellants are directed to pay interest at the rate of 6% per annum on the salary dues of the petitioner's father, amounting to Rs. 6,71,715/- (Six Lakhs Seventy- One Thousand Seven Hundred Fifteen only), which has already been paid to the petitioner, only for the period from 03.09.2019 to 03.09.2022.
12. The Letters Patent Appeal is, accordingly, partly allowed with the aforesaid modification.”
5. In that background, it is expected that the opposite Patna High Court MJC No.36 of 2025(3) dt.20-08-2026
party shall comply the order passed by the Division Bench in LPA No. 180 of 2025 in its letter and spirit, if still not complied, within a period of next two months.
6. With the aforesaid observation, the present contempt petition stands disposed of.
Adnan/- (Rajiv Roy, J) U
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