Patna High Court

Tej Narayan SinghversusThe State of Bihar

Decided: 9 January 2026
Disposal: DISPOSED
Bench: PURNENDU SINGH

Holding

The court ordered that the petitioner be allowed two weeks to remove the stamp defects and to re‑notify the petition thereafter.

Summary

The petitioner, Tej Narayan Singh, filed a civil writ petition before the Patna High Court against the State of Bihar and others. The petition was heard on 28 November 2025, and the learned counsel for the petitioner sought time to rectify defects identified by the Stamp Reporter. The court, after hearing the counsel, granted a two‑week period for the petitioner to remove the identified stamp defects and ordered that the office permit the counsel to make the necessary corrections. The court further directed that the petition be re‑notified after the two‑week period. No substantive merits of the petition were decided in this order.

Issues considered

Whether the petitioner should be granted time to remove stamp defects pointed out by the Stamp Reporter

Subjects

Stamp duty
Defect removal
Civil writ jurisdiction
Procedural order

Judgment

                          IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                                  Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Case No.342 of 2024
                                                         In
                                   Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.13824 of 2023
                     ======================================================
                     Tej Narayan Singh

                                                                                 ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                         Versus
                     The State of Bihar & Ors.

                                                            ... ... Opposite Party/s
                     ======================================================
                     Appearance :
                     For the Petitioner/s     :      Mr.Nilendu Kumar Choudhary, Advocate
                     For the Opposite Party/s :      Standing Counsel 6
                     ======================================================
                     CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH
                                           ORAL ORDER

4       28-11-2025                     Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the

                       petitioner and the learned APP for the State.

                                    2. As prayed for by the learned counsel appearing on

                       behalf of the petitioner, two weeks’ time is granted to remove

                       the defect(s), as pointed out by the Stamp Reporter.

                                    3. The office shall permit the learned counsel for the

                       petitioner to remove the defect(s), as pointed out by the Stamp

                       Reporter.

                                    4. Re-notify after two weeks.



                                                  (Purnendu Singh, J)
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