Cooperative Fishery Federation v. The State Of Bihar and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court; C.W.J.C. No. 8697 of 2018; decision 26-09-2024; Judge Harish Kumar. Cooperative Fishery Federation v. State of Bihar (through Principal Secretary, Dept of Revenue) and District officials of Madhepura (District Magistrate, Additional Collector, District Co-operative Officer, SDM Udakishunganj). Petition sought writ of certiorari to quash entire proceedings relating to Kapasiya Ghat, Sukhar Ghat and Harjora Ghat; public auction noticed 23.08.2018 for ghat settlement for year 2018-2019. Settlement period expired before hearing; writ petition held infructuous and dismissed. Keywords: ghat settlement, public auction 23.08.2018, infructuous writ petition, certiorari, Madhepura, 2018-2019 lease period.
What did the court decide?
Since the public auction dated 23.08.2018 was for settlement of the ghat for the year 2018-2019 and that period had already come to an end, the writ petition had become infructuous.