Patna High Court

Arti Banerjee @ Aarti BanerjeeversusSri Yashpal Meena, Municipal Commissioner, Patna Municipal Corporation

Decided: 10 April 2026
Disposal: WITHDRAWN
Bench: ANSHUMAN

Holding

The Court allowed the petitioner to withdraw the petition and dismissed the application as withdrawn.

Summary

Arti Banerjee filed a civil writ petition before the Patna High Court against several officials of the Patna Municipal Corporation. The petition was related to an order of contempt that had been issued against the respondents. The petitioner later sought the Court’s permission to withdraw the petition, stating that the contempt order had been complied with. The Court considered the request and, finding no impediment, granted permission to withdraw. Consequently, the application was dismissed as withdrawn.

Issues considered

Whether the petitioner may withdraw the civil writ petition after compliance with the contempt order

Subjects

withdrawal of petition
contempt of court
civil writ jurisdiction
Patna High Court
procedural law

Judgment

                       IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                               Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Case No.4056 of 2025
                                                       In
                                Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.4972 of 2025
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                  Arti Banerjee @ Aarti Banerjee Wife of Late Debangshu Banerjee, Resident
                  of Mohalla-South Shri Krishna Puri, P.S.-Shri Krishna Puri, Patna, Bihar.
                                                                              ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                    Versus
            1.     Sri Yashpal Meena, Municipal Commissioner, Patna Municipal Corporation
                   Patna.
            2.    Tahsin Khanam, Assistant Engineer, Nutan Rajdhani Anchal, Patna
                  Municipal Corporation, Mauryalok Complex, Patna.
            3.    Sri Pradhuman Singh Yadav, the Additional Town Commissioner, Patna
                  Municipal Corporation, at Mauryalok Complex, Patna.
            4.     Sri Birendra Kumar Tarun, The Executive Officer, Patna Municipal
                   Corporation, Patna, Bihar.
                                                                ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                  Appearance :
                  For the Petitioner/s     :     Mr.Siddhartha Prasad, Advocate
                  For the Opposite Party/s :     Mr.Prasoon Sinha, Advocate
                  ======================================================
                  CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DR. ANSHUMAN
                                        ORAL ORDER

2    10-04-2026                  Learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel

                    for the opposite parties are present.

                                 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission

                    to withdraw the present petition as the order under contempt has

                    been complied with.

                                 3. Permission is granted.

                                 4. As such, the present application stands dismissed as

                    withdrawn.


                                               (Dr. Anshuman, J)
Ashwini/-
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