Santosh Biswas v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Letters Patent Appeal No.1720 of 2016 In Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.8091 of 2016 ====================================================== Santosh Biswas Son of Late Ashraf Lal Biswas Resident of village - Aamgachhi, P.S. Mahalgaon ( Jokihat ), District Araria ... ... Appellant/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar

2. The District Magistrate, Araria District Araria

3. The District Panchayat Raj officer, Araria, District Araria

4. The District Election officer, Araria, District Araria

5. The Block Development officer - Cum - Returning officer, Jokihat, District Araria

6. The State Election Commissioner, Bihar, Patna

7. The Panchayat Secretary, Panchayat Raj, Pachhiyari Pipra, P.S. Mahalgaon ( Jokihat ), District Araria ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Appellant/s : Mr. S.B.K.Mangalam For the State : Mr. Sanjay Prasad, AC to AAG 4 For Election Commission : Mr Amit Shrivastava Mr Girish Pandey ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR TRIPATHI and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR TRIPATHI) 06-12-2017 I. A. No.7049 of 2016 is allowed. Delay of 71 days is condoned. Matter is thereafter taken up on merits. Keeping in view that the Panchayat Election is long over and the dispute related to the voter list, the appeal becomes infructuous. No interference is needed in the changed circumstance. (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J) ( Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, J) sk U