The petitioner sought appointment as a Non-official Visitor for Jail. The Court found the petition not maintainable as a right or amenable to local remedy, but dismissed it as the petitioner withdrew the application after the State indicated the appointment process was underway.
Petition dismissed as not pressed after withdrawal.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.10525 of 2017
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Mr. Lal Babu Sharma, age- 51 years, S/o Lt. Ram Tahal Sharma, R/o Village+ Post- Jamo Bazar, P.S.+ Block- Goreya Kothi, District- Siwan. ... Petitioner/s
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====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Usha Kumari For the Respondent/s : Mr. Sheoshankar Prasad-Sc8 ======================================================
CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHUTOSH KUMAR ORAL ORDER
3 07-12-2018
The petitioner has made a queer prayer for being
appointed as a Non-official Visitor for Jail & Police Station in the district of Siwan.
The aforesaid prayer has been made by him on the strength of a judgement delivered by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of D. K. Basu Vrs. State of West Bengal &
Ors., reported in AIR 2015 SC 2887 .
The direction given in the aforesaid case by the Supreme Court is that the State government may take appropriate action in this regard, keeping in view the provisions contained in Prison Manuals and Police Acts and Rules applicable to each State.
This Court is firmly of the view that the present
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writ petition is not maintainable for two reasons: firstly, that the petitioner does not have a claim over the post of Nonofficial Visitor in Jail and; secondly, if the petitioner desires that the aforesaid post be filled up by the State authorities in the light of the directions given by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in D. K. Basu (supra), then the nature of this writ petition gets converted into a public interest litigation (PIL), which is not maintainable before this Court.
However, after going through the statement made by the State in the counter affidavit that the name of the petitioner has been forwarded by the Incharge, District General Section, Siwan to the Superintendent, Siwan Jail for the needful and that the process is afoot for appointment of Non-official Visitor in Siwan Jail, the petitioner does not press this application any further and seeks permission to withdraw the same.
As a result, the petition is dismissed as not pressed.
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(Ashutosh Kumar, J)
2 issues framed by the court
Whether the present writ petition is maintainable for appointment as a Non-official Visitor for Jail.
Whether the withdrawal of the application permits the disposal of the petition.
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D. K. Basu Vrs. State of West Bengal & Ors.Referred¶15
D. K. Basu Vrs. State of West Bengal & Ors., reported in AIR 2015 SC 2887 · Who else cites this
Mr. Lal Babu Sharma
The State of Bihar through Chief Secretary of Government of Bihar
Ashutosh Kumar
As recorded by the court registry
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