RANCHI, India, Sept. 23 -- Jharkhand High Court issued the following order on Aug. 22:
1. The instant civil review petition has been filed for review of the judgment and order passed by this Court in W.P. (C) No. 3856 of 2005 on 16.01.2024 by which the State of Jharkhand was directed to disburse/release the incentive prizes to the members of petitioner no. 1 within a period of three months of the said order along with simple interest at the rate of 6% on the said deposited amount till the date of its actual payment.
2. The main ground for filing the review petition is that the petitioner-State had not filed the counter affidavit and, therefore, necessary facts which will have a direct bearing on the merit of the case could not be brought on record.
3. On perusal of the order under review, it is apparent that W.P. (C) No. 3856 of 2005 was filed in the year 2005 which was disposed of in 2024 and in this long period, the State could not file the counter affidavit and now it seeks to introduce facts before this Court beyond the record by taking plea that the counter affidavit could not be filed during hearing of the writ petition.
4. Law is settled that while exercising the review jurisdiction, the Court's jurisdiction is limited to consider error apparent on the face of record. Here the review petitioner seeks to bring fresh facts which is impermissible while hearing the review petition.
I do not find any merit in this review petition. Consequently, this civil review petition is dismissed at the stage of admission itself.
The petitioner-State is directed to comply the order passed in the original writ petition.
Pending I.A., if any, stands disposed of.
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