Virbahadur Ray v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court; Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 6470 of 2025; Virbahadur Ray v. State of Bihar (Rural Works Department), Collector West Champaran, SP East Champaran, Additional Collector, SDO Chakiya, Circle Officer Kalyanpur, and Parma Rai @ Parmanand Rai; single-judge bench (Ajit Kumar, J); oral order dated 16-06-2026; writ petition disposed of with conditional status quo pending a review application before the Collector, West Champaran at Motihari to be filed within two weeks; no statute specifically cited and no precedent engaged; advocates: Sanjay Kumar and Rashmi Kumari (petitioner), Standing Counsel (25) (respondents), Abhay Kumar (Respondent No. 7).
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with a conditional direction: status quo to be maintained till final orders on the proposed review application, provided the petitioner files the review application before the Collector, West Champaran at Motihari within two weeks with supportive materials/documents.