Sunil Kumar Sharma vs. The State Of Bihar The Commissioner Cum Principal Secretary Health And Family Welfare The State Of Bihar Health And Family Welfare

ITEM NO.5 COURT NO.4 SECTION XVI

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No(s). 11885/2012

(From the judgment and order dated 12.07.2011 passed in LPA.No.261 of 2008 of the Patna High Court)

DEVENDRA SHARMA Respondent(s)

THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS. Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

WITH SLP(C) No. 2930/2015 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 2914/2015 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 3306/2015 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 3352/2015 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 2755/2015 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 5983/2015 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 7571/2015 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 7574/2015 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 7569/2015 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 7577/2015 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 7564/2015 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 7562/2015 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 7560/2015 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 7568/2015 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 2191/2014 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 2042/2014 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 20582/2015 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 5964/2015 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 8229/2015 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 18198/2015 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 10397/2015 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 11886/2012 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 6837/2016 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 24742/2012 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 24749/2012 (XVI) (and IA No.76851/2017-I A FOR BRINING ON RECRDS FACTS AND DEVEP.) SLP(C) No. 11366/2015 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 24744/2012 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 11887/2012 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 24743/2012 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 24745/2012 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 24753/2012 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 14694/2015 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 24518/2015 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 20033/2012 (XVI) (and IA No.57184/2017-XTRA and IA No.68960/2017-impleading party Digitally signed by USHA RANI BHARDWAJ Date: 2018.01.18 14:29:09 IST Reason: Signature Not Verified

and IA No.95965/2017-impleading party and IA No.116429/2017-impleading party and IA No.141582/2017-impleading party)

SLP(C) No. 20036/2012 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 20038/2012 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 18197/2015 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 22300/2014 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 24748/2012 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 23837/2014 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 25895/2015 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 36406/2016 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 28306/2014 (XVI) (IA No.81500/2017-VACATING STAY In Connected Case SLP(C) No.003431-003431/2017 and IA No.77712/2017-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SUBSTITUTION APPLN. In Connected Case SLP(C) No.035375-035375/2014 and IA No.77710/2017-APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION In Connected Case SLP(C) No.035375-035375/2014 and and IA No.69266/2017-impleading party and IA No.69268/2017-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No.69279/2017-impleading party and IA No.69280/2017-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No.69287/2017-impleading party and IA No.69288/2017-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No.77045/2017-impleading party and IA No.77049/2017-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No.78335/2017-impleading party and IA No.78337/2017-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No.78345/2017-impleading party and IA No.78349/2017-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No.79251/2017-impleading party and IA No.79253/2017-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No.79255/2017-impleading party and IA No.79256/2017-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No.79270/2017-impleading party and IA No.79273/2017-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No.126790/2017-impleading party and IA No.126791/2017-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No.136146/2017-impleading party and IA No.136148/2017-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No.136155/2017-impleading party and IA No.136156/2017-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)

SLP(C) No. 32024/2014 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 30707/2014 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 29303-29310/2014 (XVI) (and IA No.72293/2017-CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION and IA No.72294/2017-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)

SLP(C) No. 29399/2014 (XVI) (and IA No.72283/2017-CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION and IA No.72284/2017-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)

SLP(C) No. 29496/2014 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 29490-29492/2014 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 31562/2014 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 34248/2014 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 30732/2014 (XVI)

SLP(C) No. 32033/2014 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 29940-29941/2014 (XVI) (and IA No.77670/2017-PERMISSION TO FILE APPLICATION FOR DIRECTION and IA No.77673/2017-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) SLP(C) No. 30704/2014 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 31218/2014 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 157/2014 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 2190/2014 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 155/2014 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 160/2014 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 161/2014 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 150/2014 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 162/2014 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 32590/2014 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 34132/2014 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 158/2014 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 159/2014 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 152/2014 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 156/2014 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 151/2014 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 32645/2014 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 33131/2014 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 32673/2014 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 32614/2014 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 33051/2014 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 34818-34820/2014 (XVI) (and IA No.77654/2017-PERMISSION TO FILE APPLICATION FOR DIRECTION and IA No.77656/2017-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) SLP(C) No. 33708/2014 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 67/2015 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 34280/2014 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 34667/2014 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 34668/2014 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 35375/2014 (XVI) (IA No.77712/2017-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SUBSTITUTION APPLN. and IA No.77710/2017-APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION and) SLP(C) No. 36513/2014 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 9/2015 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 2192/2014 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 2193/2014 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 3280/2015 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 36755/2014 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 3431/2017 (XVI) (IA No.81500/2017-VACATING STAY and and IA No.81501/2017-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) SLP(C) No. 923-924/2015 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 9534/2016 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 31452/2015 (XVI)

SLP(C) No. 2573/2015 (XVI) SLP(C) No. 28728-28729/2017 (XVI) ( IA No.101181/2017-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING and IA No.101182/2017-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) Date : 16-01-2018 These petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MADAN B. LOKUR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK GUPTA For Petitioner(s) Mr. Ranjit Kumar, Sr.Adv. Mr. Gopal Singh, Adv. Mr.Manish Kumar, Adv. Mr. Shivam Singh, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Vikas, Adv. Mr. Navin Prakash, AOR Mr. Binay Kumar Das, AOR Mr. Ram Ekbal Rai, Adv. Ms. Priyanka Das, Adv. Mr. Sanjay K. Lal Das, Adv. Mr. Ravi Shankar Ravi, Adv. Mr. Himanshu Shekhar, AOR Mr. K. V. Mohan, AOR Mr. M. Shoeb Alam, AOR Ms. Fauzia Shakil, Adv. Mr. Ujjwal Singh, Adv. Mr. Mojahid Karim Khan, Adv. Mr. Manu Shanker Mishra, AOR Ms. Kawaljit Kaur Dang, Adv. Mr. Ravikesh K. Sinha, Adv. Mr. Abhijat P. Medh, AOR Mr. Parmanand Gaur, AOR Mr. Gaurav Agrawal, AOR Mr. S.K. Pabbi, Adv. Ms. Disha Singh, Adv. Mr. Vinay Kumar, Adv. Mr. Ajay Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Bipin K. Jha, Adv. Mr. Amit Sudan, Adv. Mr. Ojesvi Khaneja, Adv.

Mr. Ajay Kumar Talesara, AOR Mr. Saurabh Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. S. K. Verma, AOR Mr. A. P. Mohanty, AOR Ms. Sandhya Tiwary, Adv. Mr. Ashiok Kr. Tiwary, Adv. Dr. Kailash Chand, AOR Mr. Pallav Shishodia,Sr.Adv. Mr. Rajiv Kumar, Adv. Mr. Bimal Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Sukumar, Adv. Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, AOR Mr. Vikas Singh, Sr.Adv. Mr. Rajiv Kumar, Adv. Mr. Bimal Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Sukumar, Adv. Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, Adv. Mr. Kedar Nath Tripathy, AOR Mr. Nitin Kumar Thakur, AOR Mr. Akhilesh Kumar Pandey, AOR Mr. Raj Kishor Choudhary, AOR Mr. Shakil Ahmed, Adv. Mr. G.P. Pathak, Adv. Mr. Sanjeet K. Trivedi, Adv. Mr. Vipin Kumar Jai, AOR Mr. Abhishek Chakraborty, Adv. Ms. Usha Pandey, Adv. Mr. Ajit Kumar Pathak, Adv. Mr. A.K. Yadav, Adv. For Respondent(s) Mr. Ranjit Kumar, Sr.Adv. Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, AOR Ms. Bihu Sharma, Adv. Ms. Purnima Krisna, Adv. Mr. Siddarth Garg, Adv. Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR

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Mr. Kedar Nath Tripathy, AOR Mr. Manu Shanker Mishra, AOR Mr. Akhilesh Kumar Pandey, AOR Mr. Bharma Kr. Pathak, Adv. Mr. Devendra Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Prem Sunder Jha, AOR Mr. Rajesh Prasad Singh, AOR Mr. R. D. Upadhyay, AOR Mr. Yatinder Singh, Sr.Adv. Mr. Ajay Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Sheenu Chauhan, Adv. Mr. Hresh Singh, Adv. Mr. Vinay Kumar, Adv. Mr. Himanshu Shekhar, AOR Mr. Pahlad Singh Sharma, AOR Mr. Gaurav Agrawal, AOR Mr. Ram Ekbal Roy, Adv. Mr. Sunil K. Jha, Adv. Mr. Binay Kumar Das, AOR Ms. Priyanka Das, Adv. Mr. Shantanu Sagar, AOR Mr. Kusum Chaudhary, AOR Mr. Shiv Kumar Suri, AOR Mr. Rajiv Shankar Dvivedi, AOR Mr. K. V. Mohan, AOR Mr. Rajesh Pathak, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Chakraborty, Adv. Ms. Usha Pandey, Adv. Mr. Ajit Kumar Pathak, Adv. For impleadment Mr. Chandra Prakash, Adv. Mr. Rituraj Choudhary, Adv.

Mr. A.K. Yadav, Adv.

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R

Mr. Ranjit Kumar, learned senior counsel appearing on behalf of the State of Bihar has drawn our attention to the decision of this Court in Ashwani Kumar vs. State of Bihar reported in 1997 (2) SCC 1.

On a reading of the relevant paragraphs of the decision, it appears that around 6,000 employees were appointed by the Selection Committee consisting of Dr. A.A. Mallick, Deputy Director, Health Department of the Government of Bihar. The appointments were the subject matter of decision rendered by this Court. While deciding the matter this Court framed the following points for determination:

1. Whether the appointments of Class III and Class IV employees on the Tuberculosis Eradication Scheme as a part of 20-Point Programme were legal and valid.

2. Whether the confirmation of these employees was legally justified.

3. Whether principles of natural justice were violated while terminating services of all thee 6000 employees appointed by Dr. Mallick.

4. Whether relief, if any, can be granted to the appellants.

With regard to first three points for determination, this Court gave an answer in the negative. As far as the relief is concerned, the Court addressed itself to the future recruitment and did not grant any relief to any of the appellants before the Court

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except to the extent that if any fresh appointment is made, the benefit of age relaxation and weightage for experience may be given.

For the disposal of the present batch of the special leave petitions, we request Mr. Ranjit Kumar, learned senior counsel to check up the list of around 6000 employees who were the subject matter of discussion in the decision rendered by this Court and also whether any of the petitioner/respondent before us today were a part of this list of around 6000 employees. Prima facie, it appears to us that the cases of those employees who were a part of the around 6000 employees who were the subject matter of the decision of this Court, would stand covered by the said decision. It is for this reason, we request Mr. Ranjit Kumar to carry out this exercise.

Let the needful be done within six weeks.

We are not inclined to entertain any further application by any of the parties for impleadment/intervention. Pending applications will be considered on the next date of hearing.

List after seven weeks.

(USHA RANI BHARDWAJ) (KAILASH CHANDER)

AR CUM PS BRANCH OFFICER

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