M/S Manoj Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.192 of 2021 ====================================================== M/S Manoj Kumar a proprietorship firm through its Proprietor Manoj Kumar, aged about 53 year, Male, Son of Sri Brijnandan Prasad, Resident of Flat No 203, Ram Krishna Amar Vila Apartment, Road No 1, Near A.N. College, Pani Tanki, Patliputra Colony, P.S.- Patliputra, District- Patna, 800013. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar through the Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar, Patna. 2.

The Regional Director, Employees State Insurance Corporation, Regional Office, Panchdeep Bhawan, J.L. Nehru Marg, Patna- 1. 3.

The Assistant Director (Insurance), Employees State Insurance Corporation, Regional Office, Panchdeep Bhawan, J.L. Nehru Marg, Patna- 1. 4.

The Recovery Officer, Employees State Insurance Corporation, Regional Office, Panchdeep Bhawan, J.L. Nehru Marg, Patna- 1. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ajay Kumar Jha, Advocate For the State :

Ms. Anuradha Singh, SC 21 For the ESIC :

Mr. Sheo Narayan Singh, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA ORAL ORDER 01-12-2021 Heard learned counsel for the parties.

Admittedly, the petitioner has already filed a case bearing No. 01 of 2021 under Section 75(1)(g) of the Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948. Under the circumstances, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he may be allowed to withdraw this petition, however, he seeks a direction to the concerned authority to dispose off the matter in a fixed time frame.

The writ petition stands dismissed as withdrawn. It is directed that the concerned authority shall make

Patna High Court CWJC No.192 of 2021(3) dt.01-12-2021 2/2 endeavour to decide the matter at the earliest, in any case, not later than three months.

(Rajan Gupta, J) J. Alam/- U