Jyotish Prasad v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
CWJC No.675 of 2022, Patna High Court, decision 12-11-2024, Harish Kumar J. Jyotish Prasad v. State of Bihar (Panchayat Raj Department) and Saharsa district/block officers. Subject: admissible salary grievance of a Panchayat Secretary (Gram Panchayat Kopariya, Block Salkhua, Saharsa); grievance redressed and salary paid during pendency; writ petition dismissed as infructuous. Advocates: Madhav Jha (petitioner), Kameshwar Pd. Gupta GP-10 (State). No statutory provisions or precedents cited; no quantum stated.
What did the court decide?
As the petitioner's grievance was redressed during the pendency of the writ petition and the admissible salary was paid (with the learned Advocate for the State reiterating this), the writ petition stands dismissed having become infructuous. ¶¶28