Patna High Court

Manju SinghversusThe Union of India

Decided: 13 March 2026
Disposal: DISMISSED
Bench: MOHIT KUMAR SHAH ARUN KUMAR JHA

Holding

The writ petition was dismissed as not pressed upon the petitioner's request for withdrawal.

Summary

Manju Singh filed a civil writ petition in the Patna High Court challenging actions of the Union of India, the CGST Commissioner, and the State of Bihar. The petitioner, through counsel, later moved the court to withdraw the petition. The respondent, representing the State, raised no objection to the withdrawal. The court considered the procedural rule that a petition may be withdrawn if the petitioner so desires and there is no opposition. Accordingly, the court ordered that the writ petition stand dismissed as not pressed. The dismissal effectively closed the proceedings without any substantive adjudication on the merits.

Issues considered

Whether a civil writ petition may be withdrawn by the petitioner without any objection from the respondents

Subjects

writ petition
withdrawal
civil writ jurisdiction
petition dismissed
not pressed

Judgment

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                                Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.16071 of 2025
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                  Manju Singh Wife of Shri Indra Deo Singh, Resident of Village- Dakhin Tola
                  Siwan, P.O. and P.S.- District- Siwan, Bihar.

                                                                             ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                     Versus

            1.    The Union of India through the Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Government
                  of India, New Delhi.
            2.    The Principle Chief Commissioner, CGST, Centeral Revenue Building,
                  Birchand Patel Path, Patna.
            3.    The State of Bihar through the Commissioner, Department of State Taxes,
                  Government of Bihar, Patna.
            4.    The Assistant Commissioner of State Taxes Division, Siwan, Saran, Bihar.

                                                            ... ... Respondent/s
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                  Appearance :
                  For the Petitioner/s   :       Mr.Piyush Kant Singh, Advocate
                  For the Respondent/s   :       Mr. Devansh Shankar Singh, 3d Counsel CGST
                  ======================================================
                  CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MOHIT KUMAR SHAH
                          and
                          HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN KUMAR JHA
                                        ORAL ORDER

                  (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MOHIT KUMAR SHAH)

2    13-03-2026              The Ld. Counsel for the petitioner seeks to

                    withdraw the present writ petition, to which the Ld.

                    Counsel for the respondent-State has got no

                    objection.

                    2.     Accordingly, the present writ petition stands

                    dismissed as not pressed.


                                             (Mohit Kumar Shah, J)


                                              (Arun Kumar Jha, J)
S.Sb/-

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