IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CR. WJC No.648 of 2008 KRANTI DEVI Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- For the Petitioner : Mr. Vivekanand Prasad Singh, Advocate For the State of Bihar : Mr. Shashi Kant Singh, Junior Counsel to Government Advocate-VI For the State of Jharkhand: Mr. Neeraj Kumar, Junior Counsel to Mr. Dhrub Mukherjee, Standing Counsel to the State of Jharkhand -------------- P R E S E N T Hon'ble the Chief Justice & Hon'ble Mr. Justice Kishore K. Mandal ------------- Dated, the 4th August, 2008. The petitioner claims herself to be wife of Maheshwari Prasad Singh. According to her, her husband is an employee in the Department of Agriculture. She has not heard anything about him for last ten years and, therefore, by means of this writ petition she has prayed that the respondents be directed to ensure presence of petitioner’s husband, Maheshwari Prasad Singh and in case he is absconding or missing from his place of posting, they be directed to give all necessary information about his last posing, date of absconding from duty etc. to her. 2. That the relationship of the petitioner with her husband, Maheshwari Prasad Singh, has been strained is admitted by her in the writ petition. She has also admitted that her husband had - 2 - been neglecting her and for that she made complaint to his superior officers. She has also admitted in the writ petition that her husband last visited the native place in the year 1994. 3. In the backdrop of these admitted facts, we find no justification to issue an order for production of Maheshwari Prasad Singh before this Court. However, in our view, the ends of justice shall be sub-served, if the Director, Department of Agriculture, Government of Bihar, Patna is asked to give the following information to the petitioner: - (i) The place at which Maheshwari Prasad Singh was posted in last ten years including his present place of posting. (ii) In case Maheshwari Prasad Singh is presently not in employment then details concerning his last posting. (iii) If Maheshwari Prasad Singh continues to be in employment but absenting himself, the period of his absence. 4. The aforesaid information shall be supplied by the Director, Department of Agriculture, Government of Bihar to the petitioner within four weeks from today. 5. The writ petition stands disposed of accordingly. R. M. Lodha, CJ Kishore K. Mandal, J Pawan/-