Umesh Kumar Sahu v. Chhattisgarh State Power Distribution Company Ltd.
Case brief
What is this about?
Single-Judge order of the High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur dated 17/03/2026 in WPS No. 8247 of 2023, Umesh Kumar Sahu v. Chhattisgarh State Power Distribution Company Ltd. and four other officials of the power distribution company (Managing Director, General Manager, Superintendent Engineer Division Kanker, Executive Engineer North Town Division). Counsel for the petitioner (Ms. Ananika Jain, appearing on behalf of Mr. Devershi Thakur) sought leave to withdraw with liberty to pursue the alternate remedy available under the law; Justice Amitendra Kishore Prasad dismissed the petition as withdrawn with liberty as prayed for. No statute, precedent, quantum or impugned order is referred to; the decision is citable only for the fact of withdrawal, not on merits.
What did the court decide?
Withdrawal of the writ petition with liberty to avail the alternate remedy available under the law.