Kundan Kumar v. The State of Bihar and Ors.

Patna HC16 Feb 2026MJC/543/2019

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Patna High Court; MJC No.543 of 2019; CWJC No.12663 of 2018; contempt petition disposed of; nothing survives for adjudication; reinstatement; joining of duty; Leave Without Pay; current salary paid against duties discharged; reasoned and speaking order; Bihar Rural Livelihood Promotion Society; Rural Development Department; Kundan Kumar; petitioner; Ajit Kumar, J.; decided 16-02-2026.

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Since nothing survived for adjudication in the contempt petition — the petitioner having been reinstated by the Society's reasoned and speaking order and having joined the post on which he was engaged — the Court, considering the submissions of the parties, disposed of the contempt petition. ¶¶23

Kundan Kumar Vs The State of Bihar and Ors. — Patna HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Case No.543 of 2019 In

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Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.12663 of 2018

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Kundan Kumar Resident of Village- Kalyanpur, P.S.- Kalyanpur, DistrictMunger.

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... ... Petitioner/s

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The State of Bihar and Ors Through principal Secretary Rural Development Department Old Secretariat patna Arbind Kumar

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Bala Murugundi The Chief Executive Officer, Rural Development Department, Rural Development Department, Old Secretariat, Patna.

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Sanjay Kumar The District Project Manager District Projection Co ordination Unit ,Banka

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Shikha Rai The Block Project Manager , Katoria

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... ... Opposite Party/s

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Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Pratap Sharma, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Anjani Kumar (AAG-4) For the Department : Mr. Abhinav Srivastava, Sr. Advocate Mr. Md. Tauseef Waquar, Advocate Mr. Pushkar Bharadwaj, Advocate ======================================================

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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJIT KUMAR ORAL ORDER

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7 16-02-2026

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Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned

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counsel for the Bihar Rural Livelihood Promotion Society and learned counsel for the State.

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Learned Senior Counsel, Mr. Abhinav Srivastava, appears for the Bihar Rural Livelihood Promotion Society (for brevity ‘Society’) and submits that the petitioner has been taken back in service and for the period during which the petitioner was found absent, the said period has been categorized as ‘Leave Without Pay’ and rest, the current salary, is being paid as

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Patna High Court MJC No.543 of 2019(7) dt.16-02-2026 2/2

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against the duties discharged.

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Learned counsel for the petitioner does not dispute

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the factual position and submits that nothing survives for adjudication in the present contempt petition. Though, for the reasons best known to the petitioner, has not arrayed the Society as party but still upon having come to know about the contempt petition having been preferred by the petitioner, the Society has come out with a reasoned and speaking order, whereby the petitioner is reinstated back in service and insofar as the joining of the petitioner is concerned, it is stated that the petitioner has joined the post of the Society, on which the petitioner was engaged.

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Considering the aforesaid submissions of the parties, the contempt petition stands disposed of.

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(Ajit Kumar, J)

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sharun/-

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Kundan Kumar v. The State of Bihar and Ors.

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