M/S Patna Offset Press And ANR v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.7813 of 2016 ======================================================

1. M/s Patna Offset Press, Registered office at Naya Tola, Near Dharahara Kothi, P.S. - Kadam Kuan, P.O. - Bankipore, District - Patna through its authorized signatory - Shailesh Kumar Singh, S/o - Shri Ram Naresh Singh, resident of Mohalla - Naya Tola, Near Dharahara Kothi, P.S. - Kadam Kuan, P.O. - Bankipore, District - Patna.

2. Shailesh Kumar Singh, S/o Shri Ram Naresh Singh, resident of Mohalla - Naya Tola, Near Dharahara Kothi, P.S. - Kadam Kuan, P.O. - Bankipore, District - Patna, authorized signatory of M/s Patna Offset Press, Registered office at Naya Tola, Near Dharahara Kothi, P.S. - Kadam Kuan, P.O. - Bankipore, District - Patna. .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Education Department, Government of Bihar New Secretariat, Bailey Road, Patna. 2.

The Chairman-cum-Principal Secretary, Education Department, Government of Bihar, New Secretariat, Bailey Road, Patna.

3. The Bihar Text Book Publishing Corporation Ltd. through its Managing Director, Pathya Pustak Bhawan, Budh Marg, Patna - 1.

4. Mr. B.M. Patel, Managing Director, the Bihar Text Book Publishing Corporation Ltd., Pathya Pustak Bhawan, Budh Marg, Patna - 1.

5. The Managing Director, the Bihar Text Book Publishing Corporation Ltd., Pathya Pustak Bhawan, Budh Marg, Patna - 1.

6. The Bihar Education Project Council, through its State Project Director, Rastra Bhasha Parishar, Saidpur, Rajendra Nagar, Patna - 800004.

7. The State Project Director, the Bihar Education Project Council, Rastra Bhasha Parishar, Saidpur, Rajendra Nagar, Patna - 800004.

8. The Manager (Marketing & Sales), Sarva Shiksha, the Bihar Text Bood Publishing Corporation Ltd., Pathya Pustak Bhawan, Budh Marg, Patna - 1.

9. The Internal Committee, the Bihar Text Book Publishing Corporation Ltd., Pathya Pustak Bhawan, Budh Marg, Patna - 1.

10. M/s Puja Printech Pvt. Ltd. Patliputra Industrial Estate, Patna - 13.

11. M/s Nav Bihar Media Pvt. Ltd., Patliputra Industrial Estate, Patna - 13. .... .... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Y.V. Giri, Sr. Advocate For the State : Mr. Neeraj Raj, A.C. to S.C.-19 For the Corporation : Mr. P.K. Shahi, Sr. Advocate For the Respondent No.6 & 7: Mr. Girish Kumar, Advocate For the Respondent No.11 : Mr. Rana Vikram Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JYOTI SARAN ORAL ORDER 20-05-2016 Mr. Y.V. Giri, learned Senior Counsel for the

Patna High Court CWJC No.7813 of 2016 (4) dt.20-05-2016 petitioner, Mr. P.K. Shahi, learned Senior Counsel for the Corporation, learned counsel for the State, Mr. Vikash Kumar, learned counsel for the private respondent no.10 and counsel for respondent no.11 are present.

In view of the preliminary objection raised by Mr. Shahi, learned Senior Counsel for the Corporation, regarding the maintainability of the writ petition inter alia on grounds of absence of jurisdiction in the petitioner no.2 to represent the petitioner no.1 on the document enclosed and the partners existing, Mr. Giri, learned Senior Counsel for the petitioner prays to withdraw the writ petition seeking liberty for the petitioner to move afresh by filing a duly constituted writ petition.

Permission is granted.

The writ petition is disposed of accordingly with the liberty aforementioned.

(Jyoti Saran, J) deepika/- U