Patna High Court

Gyanesh RanjanversusThe State of Bihar through the Additional Chief Secretary Department of Education,

Decided: 17 April 2026
Disposal: DISMISSED
Bench: MOHIT KUMAR SHAH

Holding

The petition was dismissed as not pressed, allowing the withdrawal of the writ petition.

Summary

The petitioners, Gyanesh Ranjan and Vachandeo Kumar, filed a writ petition before the Patna High Court against the State of Bihar and its Additional Chief Secretary. During the proceedings, the petitioners, through their counsel, expressed a desire to withdraw the petition. The counsel for the opposite parties, represented by Smt. Binita Singh, raised no objection to the withdrawal. The court considered whether a petition can be withdrawn at the petitioners' request without any objection from the respondents. Finding no impediment, the court dismissed the petition as not pressed, thereby closing the matter.

Issues considered

Whether a writ petition may be withdrawn by the petitioners upon their request and without objection from the opposite parties

Subjects

withdrawal of petition
writ jurisdiction
petition dismissed
not pressed
high court procedure

Judgment

                       IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                             Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Case No.3017 of 2024
                                                    In
                              Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.13319 of 2023
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                  1. Gyanesh Ranjan son of Shyam Kumar Singh, resident of Bankabagh,
                  Fardogola, Bhagwanpur, P.S.- Sadar, Muzaffarpur
                  2. Vachandeo Kumar, son of Nageshwar Prasad, resident of Ward No.07,
                  Gram Purbi Thatha, PO-Thatha, PS-Mansi, Khagaria


                                                                                ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                       Versus
                  1. The State of Bihar through the Additional Chief Secretary Department of
                  Education, Government of Bihar, New Secretariat, Patna.
                  2. Sri S. Sidhharth, the Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Education,
                  Government of Bihar, New Secretariat, Patna.

                                                         ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                  Appearance :
                  For the Petitioner/s     :       Mr.Sanjeev Kumar Mishra, Sr. Advocate
                                                   Mr. Manas Rajdeep, Advocate
                  For the Opposite Party/s :       Smt. Binita Singh, SC-28
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                  CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MOHIT KUMAR SHAH
                                        ORAL ORDER

3    17-04-2026                   The learned counsel for the petitioners seeks to

                    withdraw the present petition to which the learned counsel for

                    the opposite parties has got no objection.

                                  2. Accordingly, the present petition stands dismissed

                    as not pressed.



                                               (Mohit Kumar Shah, J)
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