Patna High Court

Ranjeet KumarversusThe State of Bihar

Decided: 13 February 2026
Disposal: DISPOSED
Bench: MOHIT KUMAR SHAH

Holding

The Court granted liberty to revive the earlier writ petition and disposed of the present petition.

Summary

Petitioner Ranjeet Kumar filed a petition seeking liberty to revive his earlier writ petition (CWJC No.13948 of 2018) against the State of Bihar and the Bihar State Housing Board. He argued that a prior order dated 15 March 2023 had granted such liberty. The Court examined whether the petitioner was entitled to revive the earlier writ petition. The Court held that the liberty to revive the writ petition was indeed granted. Consequently, the present petition was disposed of.

Issues considered

Whether the petitioner is entitled to liberty to revive the earlier writ petition CWJC No.13948 of 2018

Subjects

writ petition
revival
civil writ jurisdiction
liberty
High Court

Judgment

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                               Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Case No.962 of 2024
                                                       In
                               Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.13948 of 2018
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                 Ranjeet Kumar, Male, S/o Late Raghunath Singh Resident of Village- Ramjee
                 Chak, P.S.- Digha, P.O.-Bataganj, District- Patna.

                                                                            ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                   Versus

           1.    The State of Bihar through the Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar, Old
                 Secretariat, Patna namely Shri Brajesh Mehrotra.
           2.    The Principal Secretary, Department of Urban Development and Housing,
                 Government of Bihar, Vikas Bhawan, New Secretariat, Patna namely Shri
                 Anand Kishor.
           3.    The Chairman, Bihar State Housing Board, 6, Sardar Patel Marg, Patna
                 namely Shri Vivek Kumar Singh.
           4.    The Managing Director, Bihar State Housing Board, 6, Sardar Patel Marg,
                 Patna namely Shri Rajeev Kumar Srivastava.
           5.    The Secretary, Bihar State Housing Board, 6, Sardar Patel Marg, Patna
                 namely Shri Shashi Bhushan Prasad.
           6.    The Secretary (Technical), Bihar State Housing Board, 6, Sardar Patel Marg,
                 Patna namely Shri Vijay Kumar.
           7.    The Executive Engineer, Digha Camp, Digha, Patna namely Shri Prakash
                 Chandra Raju.

                                                        ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                 Appearance :

                 For the Petitioner/s   :      Mr. Amit Pandey, Advocate
                 For the State          :      Ms. Vagisha Pragya Vacaknavi, AC to SC 9
                 For BSHB               :      Mr Mithilesh Kumar Singh, Advocate

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                   CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MOHIT KUMAR SHAH
                                       ORAL ORDER

5   13-02-2026                   At the outset, the learned counsel for the petitioner

                   seeks liberty on behalf of the petitioner to revive the writ

                   petition bearing CWJC No. 13948 of 2018 in view of liberty

                   granted vide order dated 15.03.2023. Liberty, so sought, is
          Patna High Court MJC No.962 of 2024(5) dt.13-02-2026
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                    granted.

                                 2. Accordingly, the present petition stands disposed

                    of.


                                            (Mohit Kumar Shah, J)
GAURAV S./-
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