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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Case No.3191 of 2024

In

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.925 of 2018

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Smt. Jyoti Singh Wife of Sri Jeevan Kumar Singh Resident of Block No.- 25,

Flat No. 197, Road No. 12, Rajendra Nagar, Patna.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar.

2. Mr. Animesh Parashar, the Municipal Commissioner, Patna Municipal

Corporation, Patna.

3. Mr. Sudhakar Singh, the Executive Engineer, Bankipore Circle, Patna

Municipal Corporation, Patna.

... ... Opposite Party/s

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Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Ajit Kumar, Advocate

For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Standing Counsel-06

For PMC : Mr. Prasoon Sinha, Sr. Advocate

Mr. Prabhat Kumar, Advocate

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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY

ORAL ORDER

6 30-01-2026 Heard Mr. Ajit Kumar, learned counsel for the

petitioner and Mr. Prasoon Sinha, learned Senior Counsel for

the Patna Municipal Corporation.

2. The present petition has been preferred for the

following relief/s:

(i) for initiating a Contempt proceeding and

thereafter punishing the Contemnor-

Opposite Parties for willful and deliberate

violation of the Order dated 11.7.2023

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passed by this Court in C.W.J.C. No.925/18.

3. On 07.11.2025, this Court had taken note of the

fact that now demolition process has started after so may years

and in that background, in para-07 it was recorded as under:

7. Let the petitioner file an affidavit

on her present residential status and

shall also be filing a proper petition

before the Municipal Commissioner,

Patna Municipal Corporation, Patna

so that he can also take a decision on:

"(i) payment of rent if the

petitioner is residing under

tenancy agreement and/or;

(ii) to accommodate her in any

vacant flat of the PMC' till the

reconstruction is made;

(iii) while taking decision, they

shall be taking into account the

agreement that is standing

between the petitioner and 'the

PMC’.

4. Further, in para-08 of the order, the direction was

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given to ‘the PMC; as under:

8. The PMC shall be filing fresh

affidavit on the development that shall

take place between 07.11.2025 to

15.01.2026.

5. ‘The PMC’ has now filed an affidavit stating that

the old building has completely been demolished, the matter has

been sent to the Empowered Standing Committee for approval

whereafter, construction work shall start.

6. The petitioner meanwhile, has filed supplementary

affidavit stating that she is staying in a rented (Flat no. 101,

block-A, Vijay Complex, Bazar Samiti Road, near Dr. R.C.

Ram Hospital, Patna). The details of the payment being made

to the landlady, Shakuntala Devi has been brought on record.

7. Since the matter is pending before the

Empowered Standing Committee, the Municipal Commissioner,

Patna Municipal Corporation has to take a decision on the

representation preferred by the petitioner or forward it to the

Empowered Standing Committee in view of the observation

made in para-03 of the present order as the order was passed in

the writ petition on 11.07.2023 and only after the contempt

petition was taken up, the Patna Municipal Corporation got

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activated and steps are being taken.

8. As prayed for, list this case on 20.03.2026.

(Rajiv Roy, J)

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