Patna High Court

M/s Lakshman Agro Enterprises Private LimitedversusThe Bihar Industrial Area Develoment Authority (BIADA)

Decided: 28 April 2026
Disposal: DISPOSED
Bench: A ABHISHEK REDDY

Holding

The petition was disposed as the application had been approved in principle by the authority.

Summary

M/s Lakshman Agro Enterprises Pvt. Ltd., through its director, filed a writ petition before the Patna High Court seeking relief under the Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority's (BIADA) Amnesty Policy, 2025. The petitioner alleged that its application for amnesty had not been acted upon. BIADA, through its counsel, submitted that the application had been approved in principle by a letter dated 15 April 2026 and that formal communication would follow. The Court examined whether any further judicial intervention was required given the approval in principle. Finding that the matter was essentially administrative and that the petitioner had been accorded approval, the Court disposed of the petition. The Court further directed that the petitioner could approach the Court again if any other grievance arose.

Issues considered

Whether the petitioner is entitled to relief under the BIADA Amnesty Policy, 2025 pending formal communication of approval

Subjects

Industrial development
Amnesty Policy
Writ petition
Administrative law
Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority

Judgment

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                                 Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.155 of 2026
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                 M/s Lakshman Agro Enterprises Private Limited through its Director,
                 Rameshwar Prasad Singh, Male, aged about 48 years, son of Lakshman
                 Prasad Singh, resident of Village- Kalyanpur, Harauna, P.O.- Motipur,
                 District- Muzaffarpur, Bihar- 843111.

                                                                          ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                  Versus
           1.    The Bihar Industrial Area Develoment Authority (BIADA) Udyog Bhawan,
                 East Gandhi Maidan, Patna through its Managing Director.
           2.    The Managing Director, Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority
                 (BIADA), Udyog Bhawan, east Gandhi Maidan, Patna.
           3.    The Joint Managing Director, Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority
                 (BIADA), Udyog Bhawan, east Gandhi Maidan, Patna.
           4.    The Executive Director (North), Bihar Industrial Area Development
                 Authority (BIADA), Regional Office, Muzaffarpur/Patna.
           5.    The Deputy General Manager, Muzaffarpur Cluster, Bihar Industrial Area
                 Development Authority (BIADA), Industrial Area, Muzaffarpur (Bela).
           6.    The Assistant Area Manager, Muzaffarpur Cluster, Bihar Industrial area
                 Development Authority (BIADA), Industrial Area, Muzaffarpur (Bela).

                                                           ... ... Respondent/s
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s   :      Mr.Harsh Kaushal, Adv.
                                               Mr. Kuldeep Thakur, Adv.
                 For the BIADA          :      Mr. Abu Nasar, Adv.
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                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE A. ABHISHEK REDDY
                                       ORAL ORDER

4   28-04-2026                   Learned counsel      appearing on behalf          of    the

                   Respondent-BIADA,          on    instructions,    submits    that     the

                   application of the petitioner under the Amnesty Policy, 2025

                   floated by the Respondent-BIADA has been approved in

                   principle vide letter no. 334 dated 15.04.2026 and the same will

                   be communicated to the petitioner in due course.

                                 2. Having regard to the same, the present writ petition
             Patna High Court CWJC No.155 of 2026(4) dt.28-04-2026
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                       is disposed of. If case the petitioner has any other grievance, he

                       is free to approach this Court.



                                                                     (A. Abhishek Reddy , J)
Bhardwaj/-

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