Patna High Court

Manihari Block Boat Traffic Cooperative Society LimitedversusThe State of Bihar

Decided: 6 January 2026
Disposal: WITHDRAWN
Bench: ANIL KUMAR SINHA

Holding

The writ application is dismissed as having become infructuous.

Summary

The Manihari Block Boat Traffic Cooperative Society Ltd filed a civil writ petition before the Patna High Court seeking relief against the State of Bihar and several officials. The petition was filed, but over time the circumstances that gave rise to the petition changed, rendering the relief sought no longer applicable. Counsel for the petitioner argued that the writ application had become infructuous due to the passage of time. The Court examined the claim of mootness and held that the petition could no longer yield any effective remedy. Consequently, the Court dismissed the writ application as infructuous and also disposed of the interlocutory applications.

Issues considered

Whether the writ petition remains maintainable or has become infructuous (moot) due to the passage of time

Subjects

civil writ jurisdiction
infructuous
mootness
petition dismissed
Patna High Court

Judgment

                        IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                                    Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.534 of 2023
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                    Manihari Block Boat Traffic Cooperative Society Limited Dilarpur, Manihari,
                    P.S. - Manihari, district - Katihar through its Secretary, Arun Kumar Singh,
                    male, aged about 72 Years, S/o Late Lakari Singh, r/o village and P.O. -
                    Dilarpur, P.S. Manihari, District - Katihar.
                                                                                 ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                         Versus
              1.     The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Revenue and Land
                     Reforms Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna.
              2.    Principal Secretary, Revenue and Land Reforms department, Govt. of Bihar,
                    Patna.
              3.    Commissioner, Purnia Division, Purnia.
              4.    District Magistrate, Katihar.
              5.    Addl. Collector, Katihar.
              6.    Circle Officer, Manihari, Katihar.
              7.     Bikas Kumar Yadav, Son of Late Hemnath Yadav, R/o Village - Mirjapur
                     Baghar, P.S. - Manihari, District - Katihar.
                                                                       ... ... Respondent/s
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                    Appearance :
                    For the Petitioner/s   :        Mr.Baidya Nath Thakur
                    For the Respondent/s   :        Mr. Md. Khurshid Alam (AAG 12)
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                    CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA
                                          ORAL ORDER

5     06-01-2026          1.   Heard learned Counsel for the parties concerned.

                          2.   Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that by the

                               passage of time, this writ application has become

                               infructuous.

                          3.   This application is dismissed as having become

                               infructuous.

                          4. Interlocutory applications are also stands disposed.


                                                                      (Anil Kumar Sinha, J.)
Prabhakar Anand/-

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