Patna High Court

Santosh KumarversusDistrict Selection Committee through Mr. Dharmendra Kumar and ors

Decided: 16 February 2026
Disposal: WITHDRAWN
Bench: AJIT KUMAR

Holding

The court permitted the withdrawal of the contempt petition and dismissed it as withdrawn.

Summary

The petitioner, Santosh Kumar, filed a contempt petition before the Patna High Court. The petitioner later sought the court's permission to withdraw the contempt petition. The learned counsel for the petitioner requested that the petition be allowed to be withdrawn. The court exercised its inherent jurisdiction to permit the withdrawal of the contempt petition. Consequently, the contempt petition was dismissed as withdrawn.

Issues considered

Whether the High Court can grant permission to withdraw a contempt petition filed by the petitioner

Subjects

contempt of court
withdrawal of petition
high court jurisdiction
civil writ jurisdiction

Judgment

                       IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                                Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Case No.776 of 2019
                                                       In
                                 Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.3360 of 2016
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                  Santosh Kumar Son of Radhe Govind Singh resident of village- Sonpe, P.S.
                  and Dist- Jamui.
                                                                           ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                     Versus
            1.     District Selection Committee through Mr. Dharmendra Kumar and ors
                   Through Mr. Dharmendra Kumar, Chairman Cum District Magistrate,
                   Jamui.
            2.    Mr. Amir Subhani Principal Secretary, General Administration Department,
                  Government of Bihar, Patna
            3.    Mr. Pankaj Paul, Divisional Commissioner, Munger Division, Munger
            4.    Mr. Dharmendra Kumar, District Magistrate, Cum Chairman, District-
                  Selection Committee, Jamui
            5.    Mr. Ram Niranjan Choudhary Narrate Deputy Collector, Cum-Member
                  Secretary, District Selection Committee, Jamui
            6.    Mr. Deepak Kumar Circle Officer jamui
                                                         ... ... Opposite Party/s
                  ======================================================
                  Appearance :
                  For the Petitioner/s     :    Mr. Prabhat Ranjan Singh, Advocate
                  For the Opposite Party/s :    Mr. Prabhat Kumar Verma (AAG-3)
                  ======================================================
                  CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJIT KUMAR
                                        ORAL ORDER

7    16-02-2026                  Learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission to

                    withdraw the present contempt petition.

                                 2. Permission is accorded.

                                 3. Accordingly, the present contempt petition stands

                    dismissed as withdrawn.



                                               (Ajit Kumar, J)
sharun/-

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