Ranjit Kumar Raut v. The State Of Bihar and Ors.
PATNA HIGH COURT (Alok Kumar Sinha, J) – Oral Judgment, 14.11.2025
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, CWJC No.12364 of 2017, Ranjit Kumar Raut v. State of Bihar and others (incl. Mid-Day Meal Yojana Samiti, Madhubani; Sanatan Kumar Singh), decided 14-11-2025 by Alok Kumar Sinha, J (oral judgment). Subject matter: mid-day meal supply contract; selection of respondent no. 6 vide letter no. 1223 dated 19.10.2016; prayer to quash selection and to issue work order to petitioner; alleged rejection due to failed tax tokens of two vehicles; tender invitation notice norms. Disposition: writ application and interlocutory application(s) disposed of on counsel's concession that after almost 8 years the cause does not survive; no merits decided, no statute and no precedent case cited. Useful for: disposal of stale/infructuous writ petitions at counsel's instance; Madhubani mid-day meal supplier-selection disputes.
What did the court decide?
None - the writ application is disposed of because the cause does not survive any more, and any interlocutory application(s) likewise stand disposed of; no relief was granted and no merits adjudicated.