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Patna High Court

M/s Espana TannerversusThe State of Bihar

Decided
Disposal
WITHDRAWN

Holding

The Court permitted the withdrawal of the writ petition and dismissed it as withdrawn, granting the petitioner liberty to obtain the exit policy.

Summary

M/s Espana Tanner filed a writ petition before the Patna High Court challenging actions of the State of Bihar and various officials of the Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority and the State Pollution Control Board. The petitioner later sought the Court’s permission to withdraw the writ petition and to obtain Exit Policy No. 691 dated 24‑02‑2025. The Court considered the request and allowed the withdrawal of the petition, granting the petitioner liberty to avail the exit policy. Consequently, the writ petition was dismissed as withdrawn. No substantive merits of the original dispute were adjudicated.

Issues considered

  • Whether a writ petition may be withdrawn at the petitioner’s request
  • Whether the petitioner is entitled to be granted the Exit Policy No. 691 dated 24‑02‑2025 upon withdrawal of the petition

Subjects

  • writ petition
  • withdrawal
  • exit policy
  • industrial development
  • pollution control

Judgment

                       IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                                Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.5257 of 2023
                  ======================================================
                  M/s Espana Tanner through its authorized representative Mohammad Hamid
                  Azhari, Male, aged about 58 years, S/o Mohammad Azhar Islam, R/o-Ward
                  No.09, Power House Chowk, Maripur, Bhagwanpur, Muzaffarpur, Bihar-
                  842001.

                                                                                ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                    Versus
            1.    The State of Bihar through its Principal Secretary, Department of Industry,
                  Govt. of Bihar.
            2.    The Principal Secretary, Department of Industries, Govt. of Bihar, Patna.
            3.    The Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority (BIADA), Udyog
                  Bhawan, Gandhi Maidan, Patna through its Managing Director.
            4.    The Managing Director, Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority
                  (BIADA), Udyog Bhawan, Gandhi Maidan, Patna.
            5.    The Joint Managing Director, Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority
                  (BIADA), Udyog Bhawan, Gandhi Maidan, Patna.
            6.    The Executive Director, North, Bihar Industrial Area Development
                  Authority (BIADA), Patna.
            7.    The District Magistrate, Muzaffarpur, Collectoriate Muzaffarpur, Bihar.
            8.    The Deputy General Manager, Muzaffarpur Cluster, Bihar Industrial Area
                  Development Authority (BIADA), Patna.
            9.    The Area Incharge Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority (BIADA),
                  Industria, Area-Muzaffarpur, Bihar.
            10. The Chairman, Bihar State Pollution Control Board, Bihar State Pollution
                Control Board, Parvesh Bhawan, Plot No. Ns-B/2, Patliputra Industrial Area,
                Patlputra, Patna (Bihar)-800010.

                                                            ... ... Respondent/s
                  ======================================================
                  Appearance :
                  For the Petitioner/s   :      Mr. Kuldeep Thakur, Advocate.
                                                Mr. Harsh Kaushal, Advocate.
                                                Ms. Annapurna Sinha, Advocate.
                                                Mr. Amit Kumar, Advocate.
                  For the Respondent/s   :      Mr. Vikash Kumar (SC 11).
                  For the BIADA          :      Mr. Abu Nasar, Advocate.
                  ======================================================
                  CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE A. ABHISHEK REDDY
                                        ORAL ORDER

17   31-03-2026                   Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner
           Patna High Court CWJC No.5257 of 2023(17) dt.31-03-2026
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                     seeks permission to withdraw the present Writ Petition with a

                     leave to avail the Exit Policy bearing No. 691 dated 24.02.2025.

                                 2. Having regard to the above, the present Writ

                     Petition stands dismissed as withdrawn with the aforesaid

                     liberty.



                                                             (A. Abhishek Reddy, J)
shakir/-

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