Sukru Kharia Vs the State of Jharkhand — Jharkhand HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

Sukru Kharia Vs the State of Jharkhand — Jharkhand HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Application allowed; four typographical corrections directed in the judgment dated 16.10.2025 passed in W.P.(S) No. 396 of 2018 (father's name of Petitioner No. 1; office address of Respondent No. 3; dates of order in I.A. No. 7152/2025 in paras 2 and 16).

Issue for consideration

Whether the judgment dated 16.10.2025 passed in W.P.(S) No. 396 of 2018 contains typographical errors that should be modified/corrected by this application.

Court's answer

In the cause title of the judgment dated 16.10.2025, the name of the father of Petitioner No. 1, wrongly typed as ‘Late Dharu 1. Kharia’, shall be read as ‘Late Dharu Kharia’.

Ratio / Principle

In the cause title of the judgment dated 16.10.2025, the office address of Respondent No. 3, wrongly typed as ‘office at bevomet Engineering Bhawan’, shall be read as office at Engineering Bhawan.

Key takeaways

In Para 2 of the judgment dated 16.10.2025, the date of order in I.A. No. 7152/2025, wrongly mentioned as ‘16.06.2026’, shall be read as 16.06.2025.ratio¶¶22
In para 16 of the judgment dated 16.10.2025, the date of order in I.A. No. 7152/2025, wrongly mentioned as ‘16.06.2026’, shall be read as 16.06.2025.ratio¶¶23
With the aforesaid modifications incorporated in the judgment dated 16.10.2025 passed in W.P.(S) No. 396 of 2018, the instant modification application stands allowed.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi (Deepak Roshan, J.), order dated 09.01.2026 in C.M.P. No. 1175 of 2025: Application for modification of typographical errors in the judgment dated 16.10.2025 passed in W.P.(S) No. 396 of 2018 allowed. Corrections directed: (i) in the cause title, father's name of Petitioner No. 1 to be read as ‘Late Dharu Kharia’ (misprinted ‘Late Dharu 1. Kharia’); (ii) in the cause title, office address of Respondent No. 3 (Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited) to be read as ‘office at Engineering Bhawan’ (misprinted ‘office at bevomet Engineering Bhawan’); (iii) and (iv) in paras 2 and 16 of the judgment, date of order in I.A. No. 7152/2025 to be read as 16.06.2025 (misprinted ‘16.06.2026’).

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI

C.M.P. No. 1175 of 2025

Sukru Kharia, Aged about 67 Years, S/o- Late Dharu Kharia, R/o- Village Jago Pahar, P.O. Morabadi, P.S. Bariatu, District Ranchi.

Gopal Manjhi, Aged about, 65 Years, S/o- Late Jagan Manjhi, R/o- 79, Old A.G. Colony, Kadru, P.O. Doranda, P.S. Argora, District Ranchi. .... Petitioners

Versus

The State of Jharkhand:

The Secretary, Department of Energy, Government of Jharkhand, Having its Office at Project Bhawan, P.O. & P.S. Dhurwa, District Ranchi;

Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited having its Office at Engineering Bhawan, H.E.C at Dhurwa, P.O. & P.S. Dhurwa, District Ranchi.

Managing Director, Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited having its Office at Engineering Bhawan, H.E.C at Dhurwa, P.O. & P.S. Dhurwa, District Ranchi.

The General Manager (Human Resource), Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited having its Office at Engineering Bhawan, H.E.C at Dhurwa, P.O. & P.S. Dhurwa, District Ranchi .... Opp. Parties

CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK ROSHAN

For the Petitioners : Mr. Vikash Kumar, Advocate For the Opp. Parties : Mrs. Sweta Shukla, A.C. to AAG-II Mr. Om Prakash Tiwari, Advocate

02/Dated:-09.01.2026

1. The instant application has been preferred for modifications in the judgment dated 16.10.2025 passed in W.P.(S) No. 396 of 2018 wherein due to inadvertence, there has been some typographical errors which are hereby modified as follows:

(i) In the cause title, the name of the father of Petitioner No. 1 has wrongly been typed ‘Late Dharu 1. Kharia’ instead of Late Dharu Kharia; as such, it shall be read as ‘Late Dharu Kharia’.

(ii) In the cause title, the office address of Respondent No. 3

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has wrongly been typed as ‘office at bevomet Engineering Bhawan’ instead of ‘office at Engineering Bhawan’; as such, the same shall be read as office at Engineering Bhawan.

(iii) In Para 2 of the judgment, the date of order in I.A. No. 7152/2025 has wrongly been mentioned as ‘16.06.2026’ instead of 16.06.2025; as such, the same shall be read as 16.06.2025.

(iv) In para 16 of the judgment, the date of order in I.A. No. 7152/2025 has wrongly been mentioned as ‘16.06.2026’ instead of 16.06.2025; as such, the same shall be read as 16.06.2025.

2. With the aforesaid modifications in the said judgment dated 16.10.2025 passed in W.P. (S) No. 396 of 2018, the instant application stands allowed.

(Deepak Roshan, J.)

January 9, 2026 vikas/uploaded 13/01/2026

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