Patna High Court
Seema Devi @ Seema KumariversusDr. Chandra Shekhar Singh, District Magistrate
- Decided
- Disposal
- WITHDRAWN
Holding
The petition was dismissed as withdrawn.
Summary
Seema Devi filed a petition in the Patna High Court seeking contempt proceedings against the District Magistrate, a District Programme Officer and a Child Development Officer for allegedly wilfully disobeying an order dated 01‑09‑2022 passed in Letters Patent Appeal No. 991 of 2019. The petitioner’s counsel requested that the petition be withdrawn. The Court, after hearing the parties, granted permission for withdrawal. Consequently, the Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Case No. 1067 of 2023 was dismissed as withdrawn. No substantive merits on the contempt claim were addressed.
Issues considered
- Whether the petition for contempt against the District Magistrate and other officials can be entertained
Subjects
- contempt of court
- letters patent appeal
- withdrawal of petition
- high court jurisdiction
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Case No.1067 of 2023
In
Letters Patent Appeal No.991 of 2019
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Seema Devi @ Seema Kumari Wife of Rajesh Kumar, Resident of village-
Alipur, P.O. - Bhakhari, P.S. - Dhanarua, District - Patna (Bihar).
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
1. Dr. Chandra Shekhar Singh, District Magistrate Patna.
2. Ziyaul Rahman, District Programme Officer, Patna.
3. Archana Kumari, Child Development Programme Officer, Dhanrua, Patna.
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ranjeet Tiwary, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Gyan Prakash Ojha (GA- 7)
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY
and
HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR SINHA
ORAL ORDER
(Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY)
3 18-03-2026 Heard the parties.
2. The present petition has been preferred for the
following relief(s):
“for initiating contempt proceeding
against the O.P. No. 1, Dr. Chandra Shekhar Singh
the District Magistrate, Patna O.P. No.2 Ziyaul
Rahman District Programme Officer, Patna O.P.
No.3 Archana Kumari the Child Development
Officer, Dhanrua, Patna for their deliberate and
wilful disobedience of the order dated 01.09.2022
Patna High Court MJC No.1067 of 2023(3) dt.18-03-2026
2/2
passed in L.P.A. No. 991 of 2019 by Hon'ble Mr.
Justice P.B. Baijanthari and Hon'ble Mr. justice
Rajiv Roy.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner prays for
withdrawal of the petition.
4. Permission accorded.
5. Accordingly, the MJC No. 1067 of 2023 stands
dismissed as withdrawn.
(Rajiv Roy, J)
( Alok Kumar Sinha, J)
Adnan/-
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