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Anjali (Plus 2) U.M. School v. Bihar School Examination Board

Patna HC7 Oct 2025C. REV./131/2022

Case brief

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What is this about?

Condonation of delay; 55 days' delay in filing civil review; I.A. No. 1 of 2025 dismissed; Civil Review No.131 of 2022; arising out of Letters Patent Appeal No.881 of 2019; Anjali (Plus 2) U.M. School, Kazichak, Gaya; Bihar School Examination Board, Patna; Rule 3 under Chapter 11, Bihar School Examination Board Affiliation Rules, 2011 (as updated); limitation period for Letters Patent Appeal; no cogent and sufficient reason for delay; review application stands dismissed; Patna High Court; Rajeev Ranjan Prasad J; Sourendra Pandey J; order dated 07-10-2025.

What did the court decide?

The petitioner had got the information as claimed in the second week of June 2022, which was well within the period of limitation prescribed for filing of a Letters Patent Appeal; despite this, the appeal was not filed within time. ¶20

Anjali (Plus 2) U.M. School Vs Bihar School Examination Board — Patna HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

Dismissed

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Issue for consideration

Whether the delay of 55 days in filing the civil review application should be condoned.

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Court's answer

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Ratio / Principle

On going through the entire application, the Court found no averment showing any reason, much less any cogent and sufficient reason, as to why the petitioner could not prefer the civil review application within the limitation period.

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Key takeaways

The Court found no merit in the application seeking condonation of delay and dismissed I.A. No. 1 of 2025.ratio¶22
As a result of the dismissal of I.A. No. 1 of 2025, the civil review application would stand dismissed.ratio¶25

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Patna High Court (Rajeev Ranjan Prasad and Sourendra Pandey JJ.; order per Rajeev Ranjan Prasad J.), 07-10-2025, in Civil Review No.131 of 2022 arising out of Letters Patent Appeal No.881 of 2019 (Anjali (Plus 2) U.M. School, Gaya v. Bihar School Examination Board and others): I.A. No. 1 of 2025 seeking condonation of 55 days' delay in filing the review application dismissed. The sole ground offered - that in the second week of June 2022 the petitioner learnt that many other schools were not complying with Rule 3 under Chapter 11 of the Bihar School Examination Board Affiliation Rules, 2011 (as updated), yet their affiliations had not been cancelled - was rejected: the information was received well within the period of limitation prescribed for filing the Letters Patent Appeal, the appeal was nonetheless not filed within time, and the application contained no averment of any reason, much less any cogent and sufficient reason, for not preferring the civil review application within limitation. Consequently, the civil review application stands dismissed.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CIVIL REVIEW No.131 of 2022

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Letters Patent Appeal No.881 of 2019

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Anjali (Plus 2) U.M. School Bypass Road, Kazichak Gaya through Principal Vinay Kumar, S/o Garib Das, R/o Rajkumar Nagar Ghughri Tand, P.O.-Chand Chaura, P.S.-Vishnupad, District-Gaya.

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... ... Petitioner

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Versus

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Bihar School Examination Board, Buddha Marg, Patna through its Chairman.

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The Chairman, Bihar School Examination Board, Patna.

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Secretary, Bihar School Examination Board, Patna.

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... ... Opposite Parties

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====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Indradeo Prasad, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SOURENDRA PANDEY ORAL ORDER

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(Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD)

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5 07-10-2025

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I.A. No. 1 of 2025

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This interlocutory application has been filed seeking condonation of delay of 55 days in filing of the review application.

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2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the only ground on which the application for condonation of delay has been filed is that in the second week of June 2022, the petitioner came to know that there are many other schools which are not complying with the parameters in terms of Rule 3 under Chapter 11 of the Bihar School Examination Board Affiliation

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Patna High Court C. REV. No.131 of 2022(5) dt.07-10-2025 2/2

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Rules, 2011 (as updated), still the affiliation of those schools have not been cancelled.

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3. It is evident from the statements made in the application seeking condonation of delay that the petitioner had got the information as claimed in the second week of June 2022 which was well within the period of limitation prescribed for filing of a Letters Patent Appeal. Despite this, the appeal was not filed within time.

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4. On going through the entire application, we find no averment showing any reason much less any cogent and sufficient reason to show as to why the petitioner could not prefer the civil review application within the limitation period.

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5. We find no merit in the application seeking condonation of delay.

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6. I.A. No. 1 of 2025 is dismissed accordingly.

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7. As a result thereof, the civil review application

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would stand dismissed.

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(Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, J)

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(Sourendra Pandey, J)