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Patna High Court

Dhananjay Kumar SinghversusThe State of Bihar

Decided
Disposal
DISPOSED

Holding

The Court granted permission to withdraw the application and disposed of it as withdrawn.

Summary

The petitioner, Dhananjay Kumar Singh, filed a civil writ application before the Patna High Court. During the hearing, counsel for the petitioner sought the Court's permission to withdraw the application, stating it had become infructuous. The Court considered whether it could grant such permission under procedural law. The Court, per Justice Sudhir Singh, granted the petitioner's request, allowing the withdrawal. Consequently, the application was disposed of as withdrawn, and any pending applications, if any, were also ordered to stand disposed.

Issues considered

  • Whether the Court may grant permission to withdraw a pending civil writ application

Subjects

  • withdrawal of application
  • civil writ jurisdiction
  • procedural law
  • patent high court
  • petition dismissed

Judgment

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                               Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.16748 of 2025
                 ======================================================
                 Dhananjay Kumar Singh Son of Ram Pravesh Singh, Resident of Village
                 Bakan, P.O. Phesar, P.S. Phesar, District Aurangabad, Bihar.

                                                                                ... ... Petitioner
                                                   Versus

           1.    The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Minor Water Resources
                 Department, Government of Bihar, Patna.
           2.    The Engineer In-Chief (Head Quarter), Minor Water Resources Department,
                 Government of Bihar, Patna.
           3.    The Chief Engineer, Minor Water Resources Department, Government of
                 Bihar, Patna.
           4.    The Superintending Engineer, Minor Irrigation Circle, Patna.
           5.    The Executive Engineer, Minor Irrigation Division Aurangabad.

                                                           ... ... Respondents
                 ======================================================
                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner     :     Mr. Prabhat Ranjan, Advocate
                 For the State          :     Mr. S.D. Sanjay, AG
                                              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)

2   02-07-2026                  Learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission

                   to withdraw the present application as the same has become

                   infructuous.

                                2. Permission is accorded.

                                3. Accordingly, the present application stands

                   disposed of as withdrawn.

                                  4. Pending application(s), if any, shall also stand
               Patna High Court CWJC No.16748 of 2025(2) dt.02-07-2026
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                         disposed of.


                                                                (Sudhir Singh, J.)


                                                             (Ranjan Kumar Jha, J.)

Atul, Gaurav
Kumar/-

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