Patna High Court
Sanju KumariversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- DISPOSED
- Bench
- HARISH KUMAR
Holding
The court held that the petitioner must first file the requisite application with the required fee at the Board's Regional Office in Munger before the Board can issue the original Intermediate Certificate.
Summary
Sanju Kumari filed a writ petition seeking correction of the school name on her 1992 Matriculation Examination Certificate and the issuance of her original Intermediate Certificate. The Bihar School Examination Board had already corrected the school name as per its letter dated 15-12-2025, which the petitioner acknowledged. However, the Board refused to issue the original Intermediate Certificate, stating that the petitioner had not filed an application with the required fee at the Regional Office in Munger. The court directed the petitioner to file the appropriate application with the fee within two weeks and ordered the Board to issue the original certificate within four weeks of receiving the application. The writ petition was consequently disposed of.
Issues considered
- What procedural steps must the petitioner fulfill to obtain the original Intermediate Certificate from the Bihar School Examination Board?
Subjects
- writ petition
- certificate correction
- intermediate certificate issuance
- procedural requirement
- Bihar School Examination Board
- education law
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.16346 of 2025
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Sanju Kumari, Wife of Late Pankaj Singh @ Pankaj Kumar, Daughter of
Lalan Sharma, Resident of Village- Jamuawan, Police Station- Wazirganj,
District- Gaya.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
1. The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Primary Education, Govt.
of Bihar, Patna.
2. The Chairman, Bihar School Examination Board, Patna.
3. The Secretary, Bihar School Examination Board, Patna.
4. The Controller of Examination (Vividh), Bihar School Examination Board,
Patna.
5. The Principal, Primary School, Gondara- II Block Hisua, District Nawada.
... ... Respondent/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Kamal Kumar Sinha, Advocate
For the State : Mr. Sitaram Yadav, GP- 16
Mr. Yatindar Narayan, AC to GP- 16
For the BSEB : Mr. Sunil Kumar Mandal, Advocate
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR
ORAL JUDGMENT
Date : 22-01-2026
Heard the parties.
2. The petitioner has preferred present writ petition
for a direction upon the respondent Bihar School Examination
Board, Patna (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Board’) for making
necessary correction in the name of the School mentioned in the
Matriculation Examination Certificate in the year 1992 and
further for issuance of original Intermediate Certificate.
3. A counter affidavit has been filed on behalf of
Board.
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4. Mr. Sunil Kumar Mandal, learned Advocate for
the Board has fairly submitted that now the respondent Board
has rectified the details of School of the petitioner in his
Matriculation certificate and the information of which has been
sent vide letter no. BP 0061 dated 15.12.2025.
5. This fact has been admitted by the learned
Advocate for the petitioner. However, he further submits that till
date the original Intermediate Certificate of the petitioner has
not been issued despite he submitted the request application
along with necessary fee at the Regional Office of the Board at
Sheikhpura.
6. Mr. Mandal, learned Advocate for the Board
further clarified that the petitioner was required to file
application before the Regional Office of the Board at Munger.
Since no application has ever been submitted before the
Regional Office of the Board at Munger, the original certificate
could not have been issued.
7. Having considered the submissions advanced
and taking note of the limited grievance of the petitioner, this
Court grants liberty to the petitioner to file appropriate
application along with the requisite fee before the Regional
Office of the Board at Munger preferably within a period of two
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weeks from today.
8. In case, such application is filed by the petitioner,
the respondent Board shall issue original Intermediate
Certificate in favour of the petitioner after completing all the
formalities, preferably within a further period of four weeks.
9. The writ petition stands disposed of.
(Harish Kumar, J)
uday/-
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