IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.13944 of 2007 M/S GUPTA SUPPLIERS Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- For the petitioner : Mr. Ramesh Kumar Agrawal, Advocate Mr. Anupa Nand Jha, Advocate For the respondents: Mr.Siddhartha Prasad, Junior Counsel to Additional Advocate General-IX ------- P R E S E N T Hon'ble the Chief Justice & Hon'ble Mr. Justice C.K. Prasad ------ Dated, the 29th August, 2008 Mr. Ramesh Kumar Agrawal, the counsel for the petitioner prays for withdrawal of this writ petitioner with liberty to file fresh writ petition in view of the enactment of Amendment and Validation Act, 2007 ( Bihar Act 12, 2007) and Amendment and Validation Act, 2008 (Bihar Act 13, 2008) during the pendency of writ petition. He submits that Bihar Act 12, 2007 and Bihar Act 13, 2008 are ultra vires and the petitioner intends to put in issue the constitutionality and validity of these Acts. 2. The prayer of the counsel is fair and reasonable. 3. We, accordingly, allow the writ petition to be withdrawn with liberty to the petitioner to file fresh writ petition for redressal of his grievance and also putting in issue the legality and constitutionality of Bihar Act, 12, 2007 and Bihar Act 13, 2007 and - 2 - the notifications issued thereunder. 4. Writ petition is disposed of accordingly. R.M. Lodha, CJ C.K. Prasad, J. Sunil