Ravi Shankar Singh v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, CWJC No.11493 of 2025, decided 09-12-2025 by Sandeep Kumar, J. Petition by Ravi Shankar Singh (partner) against the State of Bihar, Department of Mines and Geology, the District Magistrate-cum-Collector, Gaya, and the Mineral Development Officer, Gaya, permitted to be withdrawn because the lease holder is the firm M/s Maharani Services and the petition should have been filed by the firm; liberty granted to file a fresh petition on behalf of the firm, to be considered as per law. Keywords: withdrawal, maintainability, proper petitioner, partner versus firm, mining lease, Gaya, Bihar mines.
What did the court decide?
Permission to withdraw the writ petition with liberty to the petitioner to file a fresh petition on behalf of M/s Maharani Services; any such fresh petition to be considered by the Court as per law. ¶¶22