Patna High Court
Ramashankar Singh,versusThe State Of Bihar and Ors
- Decided
- Disposal
- ALLOWED
- Bench
- PARTHA SARTHY
Holding
The writ petition is dismissed as the petitioners are avoiding the Court proceedings.
Summary
The petitioners, a group of family members of the late Rama Shankar Singh, filed a civil writ petition in 2012 against the State of Bihar and officials of the Bihar Police Building Construction Corporation. The petition remained pending for over twelve years. During this period, the sole original petitioner, Ramashankar Singh, died and was substituted by his wife and others. No counsel appeared on behalf of either the petitioners or the respondents at the hearing on 30-09-2024. The Court observed that the petitioners were deliberately avoiding the proceedings and, consequently, dismissed the writ petition.
Issues considered
- Whether a writ petition pending for an extended period and faced with non-appearance of petitioners can be dismissed on the ground of abandonment?
Subjects
- writ petition
- dismissal
- abandonment
- non-appearance
- civil writ jurisdiction
- high court
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 23023 of 2012
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1.1. Raj Kumari Devi, W/O Late Rama Shankar Singh, Resident of Mohalla -
A.G. Colony, Bhagwati Maidan C/66 Thana - Shastrinagar, Distt- Patna.
1.2. Shila Nath Singh, S/O Late Rama Shankar Singh, Resident of Mohalla -
A.G. Colony, Bhagwati Maidan C/66 Thana - Shastrinagar, Distt- Patna.
1.3. Reena Kumari, D/O - Late Rama Shankar Singh, W/O Ajay Kumar Singh,
R/O - Garhiteer Courtdevi Road Bhagwan Bazar Chapra, Saran.
1.4. Pinki Kumari, D/o - Late Rameshwar Singh, Resident of Mohalla - A.G.
Colony, Bhagwati Maidan C/66 Thana - Shastrinagar, Distt- Patna.
1.5. Puja Kumari, D/o - Late Rama Shankar Singh, Resident of Mohalla - A.G.
Colony, Bhagwati Maidan C/66 Thana - Shastrinagar, Distt- Patna.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
1. The State Of Bihar.
2. The Principal Secretary Home Department, Govt. Of Bihar, Patna.
3. The Managing Director, Bihar Police Building Construction Corporation,
Patna.
4. The Secretary, Bihar Police Building Construction Corporation, Patna.
5. The Administrative Officer, Bihar Police Building Construction Corporation,
Patna.
6. The Chief Audit Officer, Bihar Police Building Construction Corporation,
Patna.
... ... Respondent/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : None
For the Respondent/s : None
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH
ORAL ORDER
22 30-09-2024 No one appears on behalf of the petitioners and on
behalf of the Bihar Police Building Construction Corporation.
2. Considering the writ petition is pending since year
2012 and during the pendency of the writ petition the sole
petitioner Ramashankar Singh died and he was substituted by
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his wife Raj Kumari Devi and others, I find that the petitioner is
avoiding the proceedings of the Court.
3. Accordingly, the present writ petition stands
dismissed.
(Purnendu Singh, J.)
Ashishsingh/-
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