Praveen Kumar v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Case No.3599 of 2016 In Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.8152 of 2013 ====================================================== Praveen Kumar S/o Vindyavasi Pandey, R/o Mohalla- Kautilya Nagar, P.S.- Shastri Nagar, District- Patna.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State Of Bihar 2.

Mr. Chaitanya Prasad, The Principal Secretary, Urban Development Department, Patna.

3.

Mr. Sanjay Agrawal, The District Magistrate, Patna. 4.

Mr. Abhishek Kumar Singh, The Municipal Commissioner, Patna Municipal Corporation, Patna.

5.

Mr. Uttim Singh, The Officer- in- Charge, Gandhi Maidan Police Station, Patna.

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

For the Petitioner/s :

For the State :

Mr. Shankar Kumar, Adv.

For the PMC :

Mr. Prasoon Sinha, Adv.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHUTOSH KUMAR and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHUTOSH KUMAR) 20-04-2023 Ms. Anindita Mukherjee, the learned counsel for the petitioner has not been appearing for quite some time in this matter.

On the last occasion, we requested Mr. Prasoon Sinha, learned Advocate for the Patna Municipal Corporation to contact Ms. Anindita Mukherjee and

Patna High Court MJC No.3599 of 2016(6) dt.20-04-2023 2/2 inform her that she ought to present herself before the Court today for contesting this matter, if at all she is still desirous of doing so.

Mr. Prasoon Sinha has informed us that Ms.

Anindita Mukherjee could not be contacted.

Thus, we dismiss this contempt petition for non-prosecution with a liberty to the petitioner to have the matter revived, if the grievance till continues, by filing a two pages affidavit indicating the reasons for revival of this contempt.

(Ashutosh Kumar, J) (Harish Kumar, J) Anjani/Praveen U