Patna High Court

Rai Raj Construction Pvt. Ltd.versusThe State of Bihar

Decided: 6 July 2026
Disposal: DISPOSED
Bench: ACTING RANJAN KUMAR JHA

Holding

The writ application was held to be infructuous and was disposed of.

Summary

Rai Raj Construction Pvt. Ltd. filed a civil writ petition in the Patna High Court against the State of Bihar and officials of the Road Construction Department. The petitioner later informed the court that the writ application had become infructuous and was no longer required. The court, per Justice Sudhir Singh, held that the application was infructuous and ordered its disposal. No substantive relief was granted, and the court directed that any pending applications, if any, also be disposed of.

Issues considered

Whether a writ petition that has become infructuous should be entertained or disposed

Subjects

civil writ
infructuous application
petition disposal
Patna High Court

Judgment

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                                  Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.16512 of 2025
                  ======================================================
                  Rai Raj Construction Pvt. Ltd. having its Corporate Office at 601, 6th floor,
                  Lav Kush Tower, Exhibition Road, P.S. Gandhi Maidan, District Patna
                  through its Director Baidya Nath Rai, aged about 53 years, Male, son of
                  Mahendra Rai, resident of 410, Ashiyana Plaza, Budha Marg, PS Kotwali,
                  District Patna, Bihar.
                                                                             ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                      Versus
             1.    The State of Bihar through the Additional Chief Secretary, Road
                   Construction Department, Government of Bihar, Patna.
             2.   The Engineer in Chief, Work Management, Road Construction Department,
                  Government of Bihar, Patna.
             3.   The Chief Engineer (South), Road Construction Department, Government of
                  Bihar, Patna.
             4.   The Superintending Engineer, Central Road Circle, Road Construction
                  Department, District Patna, Bihar.
             5.    The Executive Engineer, Road Division, Bihar Sharif, District Nalanda,
                   Bihar.
                                                                       ... ... Respondent/s
                  ======================================================
                  Appearance :
                  For the Petitioner/s   :       Mr. Prabhat Ranjan, Advocate
                  For the Respondent/s   :       Mr. S.D. Sanjay, Advocate General
                                                 Mr. Mohit Agarwal, AC to AG
                  ======================================================
                  CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH
                          and
                          HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN KUMAR JHA
                                        ORAL ORDER
                        (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH)

4    06-07-2026                     Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the
                    present writ application has become infructuous.
                                2. Accordingly, the present application stands
                    disposed of as having become infructuous.
                                3. Pending application(s), if any, shall also stand
                    disposed of.

                                               (Sudhir Singh, J)


                                             ( Ranjan Kumar Jha, J)
rishabh/rajesh
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