2026 INSC 167
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REPORTABLE
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CIVIL APPEAL NO.797 OF 2026
(Arising out of S.L.P. (C) No.5431 of 2026) (Arising out of Diary No.30148 of 2022)
PRIYANKA KUMARI AND ORS. … Appellant (s)
VERSUS
THE STATE OF BIHAR AND ORS. … Respondent(s)
WITH
CIVIL APPEAL NO.798 OF 2026 (Arising out of S.L.P. (C) No.981 of 2023)
SANJAY KUMAR RAI AND ORS. … Appellant (s)
VERSUS
THE STATE OF BIHAR AND ORS. … Respondent(s)
WITH
CIVIL APPEAL NO.799 OF 2026 (Arising out of S.L.P. (C) No.3595 of 2023)
GANESH KUMAR SINGH AND ANR. … Appellant (s)
VERSUS
THE STATE OF BIHAR AND ORS. … Respondent(s)
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J U D G M E N T
Rajesh Bindal, J.
1. The appellants in Civil Appeal No. 797 of 2026 are aggrieved
against the judgment dated 11.04.2019, passed by the High Court1 in
Letters Patent Appeal No. 671 of 2018. The High Court dismissed the
appeal against the order of the Single Judge dated 22.02.2018 passed in
Civil Writ Petition No. 6827 of 2016, thereby affirming the termination of
services of the petitioners therein.
1.1 The appellants in Civil Appeal No. 798 and 799 of 2026 are
before this Court, aggrieved against the dismissal of Letters Patent Appeal
No. 567 of 2018 by the High Court vide order dated 01.11.2022. The High
Court dismissed the aforesa...