Patna High Court

Himanshu KumarversusThe Union of India

Decided: 18 February 2026
Disposal: WITHDRAWN
Bench: ALOK KUMAR SINHA

Holding

The writ application is dismissed as it has been withdrawn by the petitioner.

Summary

Himanshu Kumar filed a civil writ petition in the Patna High Court against the Union of India, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti and several education officials, seeking relief related to his child's admission. The petitioner, through counsel, later instructed that the application be withdrawn. The court noted the withdrawal and, without addressing the merits, dismissed the writ application. No substantive legal issues were adjudicated. The dismissal was solely on the basis of the petitioner's withdrawal of the suit.

Issues considered

Whether the writ petition should be entertained after the petitioner withdraws the application

Subjects

writ petition
withdrawal
dismissal
education
Navodaya Vidyalaya

Judgment

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                                 Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.8417 of 2024
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                 Himanshu Kumar S/o- Bachcha Sah, Resident of Village- Balua, Rampurwa,
                 P.S.- Bairiya, Dist.- West Champaran through his natural guardian and father
                 Bachcha Sah, aged about 37 years, Male, S/o- Surendra Sah, Resident of
                 Village- Balua, Rampurwa, P.S.- Bairiya, Dist.- West Champaran.

                                                                             ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                 Versus
           1.    The Union of India through the Secretary, Education Department,
                 Government of India, New Delhi.
           2.    The Secretary, Education Department, Government of India, New Delhi.
           3.    The Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti, through the Commissioner, Navodaya
                 Vidyalaya Samiti, B-15, Institutional Area, Sector -62, Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
           4.    The Commissioner, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti, B-15, Institutional Area,
                 Sector 62, Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
           5.    The Deputy Commissioner, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti, Regional Office,
                 Karpuri Thakur Sadan, Ashiana Digha Road, Patna.
           6.    The Principal, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Vrindavan, District- West
                 Champaran.
           7.    The State of Bihar, through the Principal Secretary, Department of
                 Education, Bihar, Patna.
           8.    The Principal Secretary, Department of Education, Bihar, Patna.
           9.    The Director, Primary Education, Bihar, Patna.
           10. The Collector-cum-District Magistrate, West Champaran at Bettiah.
           11. The District Education Officer, West Champaran at Bettiah.
           12. The District Programme Officer, Bettiah, West Champaran.
           13. The Block Education Officer, Majhaulia Block, Majhaulia, West
               Champaran.
           14. The Principal, Adarsh Vidya Mandir, Sariswa Bazar, Block- Majhaulia,
               District- West Champaran.

                                                           ... ... Respondent/s
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s     :    Mr. Sanjeev Kumar, Adv
                                               Ms. Bharti Rai, Adv
                 For the State          :      Mr. Ajay Bihari Singh, GA8
                 For Navodaya Vidyalaya :      Mr. Siddhartha Prasad, Adv
                 ======================================================
                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR SINHA
                                       ORAL ORDER

7   18-02-2026                     Learned counsel Mr. Raushan Rai, junior counsel to
          Patna High Court CWJC No.8417 of 2024(7) dt.18-02-2026
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                    Mr. Sanjeev Kumar, learned Advocate appears for the petitioner

                    and submits that he is under instruction to withdraw the present

                    application.

                                2. Learned counsel for the respondent-Navodaya

                    Vidyalaya and learned counsel for the respondent-State are

                    present.

                                3. As prayed for, this writ application is dismissed as

                    withdrawn.



                                            (Alok Kumar Sinha, J)
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