Patna High Court

Sita KumariversusThe State of Bihar

Decided: 12 March 2026
Disposal: WITHDRAWN
Bench: NANI TAGIA

Holding

The writ petition was dismissed as infructuous.

Summary

The petitioner, Sita Kumari, filed a civil writ petition in the Patna High Court against the State of Bihar and several officials of the Department of Social Welfare and ICDS. The petition sought relief but later the petitioner’s counsel submitted that the writ petition had become infructuous. The court accepted this submission, finding no remaining cause of action to entertain. Accordingly, the writ petition was disposed of as infructuous. No substantive merits of the original claim were adjudicated.

Issues considered

Whether the writ petition remains maintainable after the petitioner claims it has become infructuous.

Subjects

writ petition
infructuous
civil writ jurisdiction
petition dismissed
Patna High Court

Judgment

                       IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                             Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.6502 of 2021
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                  Sita Kumari wife of Vikash Kumar alias Vikash Paswan resident of village - Ur
                  Bishunpur, P.S. - Tekari, District- Gaya.
                                                                                ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                           Versus
            1.     The State of Bihar through Principal Secretary, Department of Social Welfare,
                   Government of Bihar, Patna.
            2.    Principal Secretar, Department of Social Welfare, Government of Bihar, Patna.
            3.    The Director, Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), Government of
                  Bihar, Patna.
            4.    The Commissioner, Magadh Division, Gaya.
            5.    The District Magistrate, Gaya.
            6.    The Deputy Development Commissioner (D.D.C), Gaya.
            7.    The Deputy Director Integrated Child Development Services (I.C.D.S.), Gaya.
            8.    The District Programm Officer, Gaya.
            9.    The Child Development Project Officer, Tekari, Gaya.
            10.   The Secretary Cum Women Supervisor Selection Committee, Child Development
                  Project, Tekari, Gaya.
            11.   The Selection Committee, Child Development Project, Tekari, Gaya.
            12.   Sushila Kumari W/o Suraj Chaudhary Resident of Ur Bishunpur, P.S. Tekari, Distt.
                  - Gaya.
                                                                             ... ... Respondent/s
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                  Appearance :
                  For the Petitioner/s    :        Mr. Nand Kishore Prasad Sinha, Advocate
                  For the Respondent/s    :        Mr. Md.Raisul Haque (Sc10)
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                  CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NANI TAGIA
                                        ORAL ORDER

6    12-03-2026                 Mr. Nand Kishor Prasad Sinha, learned counsel for the

                    petitioners submits that the writ petition has become infructuous.

                                2. In view of the submission made above, the present writ

                    petition is disposed of as infructuous.



                                                   (Nani Tagia, J)
Siddharth
Sagar/-

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