PATNA, India, Jan. 13 -- Patna High Court issued the following judgment on Dec.16, 2025:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Letters Patent Appeal No.685 of 2024 In
Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.7162 of 2016
The State of Bihar
The Principal Secretary, Water Resources Department,Govt. of Bihar, Patna.
The Special Secretary, Water Resources Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna.
The Additional Secretary, Water Resources Department, Govt. of Bihar,
Patna. Appellant/s
Versus
Manoj Kumar Son of Late Braj Nandan Prasad, Resident of B-103, People
Co-operative Colony, Kankarbagh, P.S. Kankarbagh, District-Patna.
Respondent/s
Appearance :
For the Appellant/s : Md. Nadim Seraj, GP-5
Mr. Ali M. Ahmad, Advocate
Md. Shahbaj Alam, Advocate
For the Respondent/s : Mr.Bajarangi Lal, Advocate
Mr. Aman Kumar, Advocate
CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BIBEK CHAUDHURI and
HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DR. ANSHUMAN C.A.V. JUDGMENT
(Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DR. ANSHUMAN)
Date : 16-12-2025
Heard learned counsel for the appellant-State and the
respondent.
The present Letters Patent Appeal has been filed
against the oral judgment dated 28.03.2024, as modified by the
oral order dated 16.04.2024, passed in CWJC No. 7162 of 2016,
whereby the writ petition filed by the writ petitioner-respondent
herein has been allowed by quashing the order of punishment
dated 22.10.2014 contained in Memo No. 1557, as well as the
order dated 10.08.2015 issued by the Additional Secretary,
Water Resources Department, Government of Bihar, Patna,
contained in Notification No. 1772.
The learned Single Judge has further directed the respondent authorities to issue all
consequential orders in accordance with law within six weeks from the date of production of a copy of the said order
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