Patna High Court

Bhagwan JhaversusThe State of Bihar

Decided: 30 March 2026
Disposal: DISPOSED
Bench: A ABHISHEK REDDY

Holding

The writ petition was dismissed as infructuous because the petitioner’s grievance had already been redressed.

Summary

The petitioner, Bhagwan Jha, filed a civil writ petition against the State of Bihar and several officials of the Rural Works Department alleging a grievance. The petitioner sought relief through the High Court of Patna. The respondent counsel submitted that the grievance had already been redressed, rendering the petition moot. The court examined the submission and found no remaining cause of action. Consequently, the court held that the petition was infructuous and dismissed it. No substantive merits of the grievance were adjudicated as the matter was deemed already resolved.

Issues considered

Whether a writ petition becomes infructuous when the petitioner’s grievance has already been redressed

Subjects

civil writ
infructuous petition
grievance redressed
High Court of Patna
jurisdiction

Judgment

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                                Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.20834 of 2025
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                  Bhagwan Jha Son Late Mahesh Nath Jha, Resident of Mohalla- Kabraghat,
                  Darbhanga, P.S. L.N.M.U, District- Darbhanga.

                                                                         ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                 Versus
             1.   The State of Bihar through the Additional Secretary, Rural Works
                  Department, Visheshwaraiya Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna.
             2.   The Chief Engineer-6, Rural Works Department, Visheshwaraiya Bhawan,
                  Bailey Road, Patna.
             3.   The Nodal Officer (3054-MR), Rural Works Department, Bihar, Patna.
             4.   The Superintending Engineer, Rural Works Department, Work Circle,
                  Darbhanga.
             5.   The Executive Engineer, Rural Works Department, Work Division,
                  Darbhanga-2.

                                                            ... ... Respondent/s
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                  Appearance :
                  For the Petitioner/s   :     Mr.Kripa Nand Jha, Adv.
                  For the Respondent/s   :     Mr.Standing Counsel (09)
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                  CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE A. ABHISHEK REDDY
                                        ORAL ORDER

3    30-03-2026                 Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner

                    submits that the grievance of the petitioner has already been

                    redressed, therefore, the cause in the present writ petition does

                    not survive and the same has become infructuous.

                                2. Having regard to the above made submission, the

                    present writ petition is dismissed as infructuous.



                                                        (A. Abhishek Reddy , J)
Bhardwaj/-

U

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