Patna High Court

Kalyani KumariversusThe Bihar Public Service Commission, Patna

Decided: 16 February 2026
Disposal: WITHDRAWN
Bench: ALOK KUMAR SINHA

Holding

The writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn.

Summary

Kalyani Kumari filed a civil writ petition before the Patna High Court challenging actions of the Bihar Public Service Commission and its officials. During the hearing, counsel for the petitioner informed the court that the petitioner wished to withdraw the writ application. The respondent State and the BPSC were present through their counsel. The court, upon receiving the instruction to withdraw, dismissed the writ petition as withdrawn. No substantive merits of the petition were adjudicated.

Issues considered

Whether a writ petition can be dismissed on the ground of withdrawal by the petitioner

Subjects

writ petition
withdrawal
civil procedure
high court

Judgment

                       IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                                Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.12667 of 2024
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                  Kalyani Kumari Daughter of Shiv Shankar Pandey, Resident of Khaitan Lane,
                  Near Shree Krishna Mahila College, Jehanabad, PS- Jehanabad, District-
                  Jehanabad, Bihar.

                                                                           ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                  Versus
            1.    The Bihar Public Service Commission, Patna through its Chairman.
            2.    The Chairman, The Bihar Public Service Commission, Patna.
            3.    The Secretary, The Bihar Public Service Commission, Patna.

                                                            ... ... Respondent/s
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                  Appearance :
                  For the Petitioner/s   :       Mr.Saroj Kumar Singh, Adv
                  For the State          :       Mr. Anirban Kundu, Adv
                                                 Mr. Sudhanshu Shekher, AC to SC 24
                  For the BPSC           :       Mr. Kameshwar Kumar, Adv
                  ======================================================
                  CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR SINHA
                                        ORAL ORDER

3    16-02-2026                     Learned counsel for the petitioner, Mr. Saroj Kumar

                    Singh submits that he is under instruction to withdraw the

                    present writ application.

                                  2. Learned counsel for the respondent-State and

                    learned counsel for the Bihar Public Service Commission are

                    present.

                                  3. As prayed for, this writ application is dismissed as

                    withdrawn.



                                             (Alok Kumar Sinha, J)
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