Patna High Court

Pankaj KumarversusThe State of Bihar

Decided: 22 June 2026
Disposal: WITHDRAWN
Bench: RANJAN KUMAR JHA

Holding

The court may allow withdrawal of a pending application and dismiss it as withdrawn.

Summary

The petitioner filed a civil writ application in the Patna High Court and later moved the court for permission to withdraw the same. The court considered whether it could allow the withdrawal of a pending application. Relying on its inherent jurisdiction to manage its own proceedings, the court granted the petitioner's request. Consequently, the application was dismissed as withdrawn. No substantive merits of the original petition were adjudicated.

Issues considered

Whether the court may permit the petitioner to withdraw a pending civil writ application

Subjects

withdrawal of petition
writ jurisdiction
court discretion

Judgment

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                               Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 16855 of 2025
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                  Pankaj Kumar Son of Late Umesh Singh, resident of Village-Patasang, P.O.-
                  Amba, P.S.-Rahui, District-Nalanda, Bihar-803119.

                                                                   ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                  Versus
            1.    The State of Bihar through the Additional Chief Secretary, Health
                  Department, Government of Bihar, Patna.
            2.    The District Magistrate, Madhepura, Bihar.
            3.    The District Compassionate Committee, Madhepura through its Chairman,
                  the District Magistrate, Madhepura, Bihar.
            4.     The Civil Surgeon cum Chief Medical Officer, Madhepura, Bihar.
                                                                        ... ... Respondent/s
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                  Appearance :
                  For the Petitioner/s   :       Mr.Gyan Shankar, Advocate
                  For the Respondent/s   :       Mr.Standing Counsel 08
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                  CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN KUMAR JHA
                                        ORAL ORDER

2    22-06-2026                   Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of

                    the parties.

                                  2. Learned counsel for the petitioner seeks

                    permission to withdraw this present application.

                                  3. Permission granted.

                                 4. Accordingly, the present application stands

                    dismissed as withdrawn.



                                             (Ranjan Kumar Jha, J)
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