IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.5676 of 1997 RAMWAROOP SINGH, son of Rameshwar Singh, deceased, resident of village Tekarpura, P.S. Nawkothi, District Begusarai, at present House Master, Juvenile Home (Bal-grin), Begusarai, acting in the same as Deputy Superintendent … Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. The Director, Social Welfare Department, Patna 3. The Deputy Director, Social Welfare Department, Patna 4. The District Welfare Officer, Begusarai, P.S. Begusarai, District Begusarai … Respondents ----------- 5. 20.5.2011 Surendra/ Having heard counsel for the parties and taking into account that the petitioner is already dead and the right to sue with regard to the limited relief prayed in this application will not survive, this application must be held to have already abated, especially when there is also no application filed for his substitution. None-the-less if the heirs and the legal representatives of the deceased writ petitioner would be entitled for any monetary relief to which the deceased writ petitioner was eligible, they will have liberty to represent their case to the competent authority which would be decided on its own merits. This application is, accordingly, dismissed as abated. (Mihir Kumar Jha,J.)