Patna High Court

Naresh Kumar MishraversusEmployees Provident Fund Organization,

Decided: 18 February 2026
Disposal: WITHDRAWN
Bench: A ABHISHEK REDDY

Holding

The Court allowed the withdrawal and dismissed the petition as withdrawn.

Summary

The petitioner, Naresh Kumar Mishra, filed a civil writ petition in the Patna High Court. During the proceedings, the petitioner sought the Court’s permission to withdraw the petition. The Court, after hearing counsel, granted the request. Consequently, the petition was dismissed as withdrawn. No substantive merits of the petition were adjudicated.

Issues considered

Whether the petitioner may be permitted to withdraw a civil writ petition pending before the Court

Subjects

withdrawal of writ petition
civil writ jurisdiction
petition dismissed

Judgment

                       IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                               Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.15957 of 2023
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                  Naresh Kumar Mishra Son of Late Shambhu Nath Mishra Resident of Vilalge
                  and P.O.-Gandhwari, P.S.-Sakri, District-Madhubani.

                                                                         ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                  Versus
            1.    Employees Provident Fund Organization, Regional Office, Bhavishyanidhi
                  Bhawan, R. Block, Road, No.6, Patna through the Additional Central P.F.
                  Commissioner, Bihar and Jharkhand.
            2.    The Regional P.F. Commissioner-II (Pension), EPFO, Bhavishyanidhi
                  Bhawan, R. Block, Road No. 6, Patna.
            3.    The Regional P.F. Commissioner-II (Pension), EPFO, Surya Complex,
                  Laxmi Chowk, MIT, Muzaffarpur.
            4.    The Assistant Regional P.F. Commissioner (Pension), EPFO, Surya
                  Complex, Laxmi Chowk, MIT, Muzaffarpur.

                                                            ... ... Respondent/s
                  ======================================================
                  Appearance :
                  For the Petitioner/s   :      Mr. Sourendra Pandey, Advocate.
                  For the Respondent/s   :      Mr. Prashant Sinha, Advocate.
                  For the EPFO           :      Mr. Prashant Sinha, Advocate.
                  ======================================================
                  CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE A. ABHISHEK REDDY
                                     ORAL ORDER

2    18-02-2026                   Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner

                    seeks permission to withdraw the present Writ Petition.

                                  2. Permission is granted.

                                  3. Accordingly, the present Writ Petition stands

                    dismissed as withdrawn.



                                                     (A. Abhishek Reddy, J)
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