Patna High Court

Amar Kant ChaudharyversusThe State of Bihar

Decided: 30 April 2026
Disposal: WITHDRAWN
Bench: AJIT KUMAR

Holding

The writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn.

Summary

Amar Kant Chaudhary filed a civil writ petition in the Patna High Court against the State of Bihar and several officials of the Department of Education and the Bihar Sanskrit Shiksha Board. During the pendency of the petition, the petitioner claimed that his grievance had been satisfactorily redressed. He consequently moved the court seeking to withdraw the writ petition. The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that there was no longer any cause of action to continue the proceedings. The court, after hearing the counsel, allowed the withdrawal and dismissed the writ petition as withdrawn. No substantive merits of the petition were adjudicated.

Issues considered

Whether a writ petition can be withdrawn by the petitioner after the grievance has been redressed

Subjects

writ petition
withdrawal
civil procedure
Patna High Court
grievance redressed

Judgment

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                                 Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.18050 of 2025
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                  Amar Kant Chaudhary Son of Late Bechan Chaudhary, Resident of Mohalla-
                  Rajeev Nagar, Road, No.-14 (B), P.O- Kesari Nagar, P.S.- Rajeev Nagar,
                  District- Patna.
                                                                             ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                     Versus
            1.     The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary Department of Education
                   Government of Bihar, Patna.
            2.    The Principal Secretary, Department of Education Government of Bihar,
                  Patna.
            3.    The Director, Primary Education, Government of Bihar, Patna.
            4.    The Accountant General of Bihar, Patna.
            5.    The Chairman, Bihar Sanskrit Shiksha Board, Patna.
            6.    The Secretary, Bihar Sanskrit Shiksha Board, Patna.
                                                            ... ... Respondent/s
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                  Appearance :
                  For the Petitioner/s   :       Mr.Prafull Chandra Thakur
                  For the Respondent/s   :       Mr.Standing Counsel (11)
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                  CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJIT KUMAR
                                        ORAL ORDER

3    30-04-2026                 Heard learned counsel for the parties.

                                2 Learned counsel for the petitioner fairly submits that

                    during pendency of this writ petition, the grievance of the

                    petitioner has been redressed and he prays to withdraw this writ

                    petition.

                                3 Prayer is allowed.

                                4 This writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn.



                                               (Ajit Kumar, J)
M.E.H./-

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