St Xaviers School through Its Principal P J James v. the State of Jharkhand
Case brief
What is this about?
Pure withdrawal/disposal order - no ratio, not citable for any proposition of law. Batch of 18 writ petitions by Jharkhand schools (Loreto Convent Doranda; St. Charles Hesag; Lievens Academy Lohardaga; Don Bosco Academy Konka; Carmel Schools Hazaribagh and Samlong; Bishop Westcott Girls' Doranda; Mazzarello Namkom; St. Francis Harmu and Samlong; Sacred Heart Chianki/Daltonganj and Hulhundu; St. Anthonys' Doranda; Bishops' Bahu Bazar; Bishops' Westcott Boys'/Girls' Namkum; St. Thomas Dhurwa; St. Xaviers' Bokaro) v. State of Jharkhand, Chief Secretary, Principal Secretary HRD and Principal Secretary-cum-Law Advisor. Counsel: Satish Bakshi, Mrinal Singh, Shubham Sinha for petitioners; Ashok Kumar AAG-IV, Manish Kumar Sr. SC-II, Mithilesh Singh GA-IV for State. Neutral citation 2025:JHHC:11878-DB.
What did the court decide?
Permission accorded to learned counsel for the petitioners to withdraw the writ petitions; the writ petitions were accordingly dismissed as withdrawn.