Md. Islam and Anr. v. The State Of Bihar and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
CWJC No.15998 of 2017, Patna High Court, decided 10-02-2026 by Rajiv Roy, J. Dismissed for non-prosecution: petitioners Md. Islam and Md. Yusuf (sons of late Mir Hasan @ Amir Hasan, Village Harishankarpur Badhauni, P.S. Tajpur, District Samastipur) sought direction to respondents (State of Bihar and revenue officials) to initiate mutation proceeding and issue rent receipts for land described in Para 4; no appearance by petitioners' counsel, NOC taken from earlier counsel Mr. Rakesh Kumar Soni in 2024, no fresh vakalatnama filed for two years, loss of interest inferred. State represented by Mr. Dhurjati Kumar Prasad, GP-14. Mutation claim left undecided; useful only on non-prosecution/abandonment of writ petitions.
What did the court decide?
The petitioners appear to have lost interest in the case, as no fresh vakalatnama was filed even after passage of two years.