IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Case No.2876 of 2025 In Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.10905 of 2023 ====================================================== Punam Kumari Wife of Sri Bijay Kumar Bimal, Resident of Mohalla Vidyapuri, Ward no 18, S.B.I. Road, PS Madhepura, District Madhepura. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The Union of India through the Ministry of Education, Government of India, New Delhi through Sri Vineet Joshi, Son of not known to the petitioner, presently posted as the Secretary Department of Higher Education, Government of India, New Delhi. 2. Dr. Sarah Nasreen Son of not known to the petitioner, presently posted as the Regional Director, Eastern Regional Committee, National Council for Teachers Education, G7, Sector 10, Dwarka, Near Metro Station, New Delhi 110075. 3. Sri Satish Kumar Son of not known to the petitioner, presently posted as the Deputy Secretary, Eastern Regional Committee, National Council for Teachers Education, G7, Sector 10, Dwarka, Near Metro Station, New Delhi 110075. ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Awnish Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Additional Solicitor General For the resp. nos. 1& 2 : Mr. Ramadhav Shekhar, CGC For the NCTE : Mr. Sunil Kumar Singh, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER

2 13-08-2026 Heard the parties. 2. The present application 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 28.03.2025 passed in C. W. J. C. No. 10905 of 2023 ." Patna High Court MJC No.2876 of 2025(2) dt.13-08-2026 2/2 3. The show cause records that the claim has been rejected by Dr. Sarah Nasreen, the Regional Director of the National Council for Teachers Education and paragraph no. 10 shows that it is appealable. 4. Granting liberty to the petitioner to agitate the matter, if he so wants, MJC. No. 2876 of 2025 is disposed of. (Rajiv Roy, J) ankita/- U

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Case No.2876 of 2025 In Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.10905 of 2023 ====================================================== Punam Kumari Wife of Sri Bijay Kumar Bimal, Resident of Mohalla Vidyapuri, Ward no 18, S.B.I. Road, PS Madhepura, District Madhepura. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The Union of India through the Ministry of Education, Government of India, New Delhi through Sri Vineet Joshi, Son of not known to the petitioner, presently posted as the Secretary Department of Higher Education, Government of India, New Delhi. 2. Dr. Sarah Nasreen Son of not known to the petitioner, presently posted as the Regional Director, Eastern Regional Committee, National Council for Teachers Education, G7, Sector 10, Dwarka, Near Metro Station, New Delhi 110075. 3. Sri Satish Kumar Son of not known to the petitioner, presently posted as the Deputy Secretary, Eastern Regional Committee, National Council for Teachers Education, G7, Sector 10, Dwarka, Near Metro Station, New Delhi 110075. ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Awnish Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Additional Solicitor General For the resp. nos. 1& 2 : Mr. Ramadhav Shekhar, CGC For the NCTE : Mr. Sunil Kumar Singh, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER

2 13-08-2026 Heard the parties. 2. The present application 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 28.03.2025 passed in C. W. J. C. No. 10905 of 2023 ." Patna High Court MJC No.2876 of 2025(2) dt.13-08-2026 2/2 3. The show cause records that the claim has been rejected by Dr. Sarah Nasreen, the Regional Director of the National Council for Teachers Education and paragraph no. 10 shows that it is appealable. 4. Granting liberty to the petitioner to agitate the matter, if he so wants, MJC. No. 2876 of 2025 is disposed of. (Rajiv Roy, J) ankita/- U