IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.7556 of 2002 LILAVATI DEVI aged about 73 years, wife of late Lakshman Prasad, resident of Mohalla – Panikal Chok, Nawab Road, Chandwara, P.S. Sadar, Muzaffarpur. …………………. Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. The Chairman Social Welfare Extension Project, Old Secretariat, Patna. 3. The Chairman Bihar State Social Welfare Advisory Board, Government of Bihar, Old Secretariat, Patna. 4. The Sub Divisional Officer cum Administrator, District Welfare Project Officer Muzaffarpur. …….. Respondents ----------- 08. 19.01.2009 It is stated by the learned counsel for the petitioner that despite his best effort he has not been able to establish contact with the petitioner. Counsel for respondents No. 3 and 4 informs the court that their effort also has been frustrated and in fact some of their communication with the petitioner on the given address has been returned by the post office with an endorsement that petitioner is dead. In absence of any categorical evidence in this regard learned counsel for the petitioner seeks liberty to withdraw the writ application with a rider that in case the petitioner decides to reassert her claim she may do so by explaining the circumstance under which she was not pursuing the litigation. The writ application is dismissed as not pressed in the above circumstance. rkp (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J)