Laxmi Choudhary and Anr. v. The State Of Bihar and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court CWJC No.12566 of 2017, Rajiv Roy J, decided 02-09-2025. Petitioners Laxmi Choudhary and Krishnawati Devi sought writs directing the District Fisheries Officer, West Champaran to accept settlement-year 2017-18 revenue (starting 1.7.2017) from petitioners authorised by the Managing Committee and to issue a Parwana to the society (Bairiya Prakhand Matshyajivi Sahyog Samiti), and to bar coercive action for non-payment of revenue during pendency. State counsel reported the matter infructuous and a dispute over the Jalkars (bona fide settlees restrained from fishing); petitioners did not appear. Dismissed for non-prosecution. Keywords: jalkar, Parwana, fisheries settlement, co-operative society, revenue, coercive steps, infructuous, non-prosecution, West Champaran.
What did the court decide?
As there was no appearance on behalf of the petitioners, the writ application stands dismissed for non-prosecution; the Court passed no findings on the merits of the sought reliefs.