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principles of Resjudicata- Contempt of court - Service matter - In compliance of Apex court judgment a Resolution merging the cadre of BSES with BES was issued on 07.07.2006 and the BSES teachers were granted benefits of the merger, like enhancement of payscale, promotion etc. At this stage, a writ petition was filed by BES Association (BESA) challenging the merger. - A single judge of the High Court allowed it vide judgment dated 31.10.2007, which was affirmed by a Division Bench on 21.05.2010. - Govt. Recalled the merger and recalled the benefits immediately after the orders of single judge - This judgment was challenged before this Court by filing SLP.- implementation of court order - instead of getting clarity from Apex court - started second round of litigation - High court also ignored the principles of Resjudicata and Unveiled curtains for second round of litigation - Apex court gave some directions and directed to reopen this contempt petition on failure of the Govt. in implementation = Bihar State Govt. Sec. Scl. Teachers Assn. ….Petitioner(s) Versus Ashok Kumar Sinha & Ors. ….Respondent(s) = 2014 ( May. Part ) http://judis.nic.in/supremecourt/filename=41520