Sri Mahendra Prasad Singh v. State Of Bihar Through The Executive Engineer Road Construction Department

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Revision No.29 of 2016 ====================================================== Sri Mahendra Prasad Singh, Son of Late Harihar Prasad, Retd. Junior Engineer, Road Construction Department, Jamui. At present residing at Mohalla-Puraniganj Munger, P.O. and P.S.- Puraniganj, District- Munger .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

State of Bihar through the Executive Engineer Road Construction Department, Jamui, P.O. & P.S.- Jamui, District- Jamui .... .... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Manoj Kumar, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Mr. Kundan Bhadur Singh, SC-22 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V. NATH ORAL ORDER 28-02-2017 Nobody is present on behalf of the petitioner. Learned counsel for the State opposite party is present and has been heard.

By the impugned order the learned court below has rejected the petition filed by the defendant-petitioner praying for rejection of plaint under Order 7, Rule 11 C.P.C. It appears from the records that the defendantpetitioner raised the issue of territorial jurisdiction and prayed for rejection of plaint on that ground. The learned court below after considering the averments made in the plaint has come to the conclusion that there is no lack of territorial jurisdiction for entertaining the present suit.

This Court does not find that there is any error or material illegality in passing the impugned order, the revision

Patna High Court C.R. No.29 of 2016 (2) dt.28-02-2017 2/2 application , sans merit is, accordingly dismissed. (V. Nath, J) Vats/- U