IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.5983 of 2000 PRAFULLA PANDEY, son of late Raghawanand Pandey, resident of Anisabad, By-pass Road, Anisabad, PS Phulwarisharif, Distt. Patna, at present Office Superintendent, Bihar State Forest Development Corporation Ltd. Head Quarter Patna…… Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. The Chief Conservator of Forest cum Managing Director, Bihar State Forest Development Corporation Limited having his office at thirteen Patliputra Colony, Patna -13 3. The Commissioner, Forest and Environment Department, Bihar, Patna having his office at Sichai Bhawan, Patna 4. The Chairman, Department of Finance, Bureau of Public Enterprises having his office at Old Secretariat, Patna 5. The General Manager, Minor Forest Produce Project Circle, Ranchi, having his office at 374 B, Road No.4, Ashok Nagar, Ranchi 6. The Chief Conservator of Forest-cum-Managing Director, Jharkhand State Forest Development Corporation Limited, Head Office at Pawan Colony, Hinoo Chowk, Ranchi, Jharkhand…. Respondents ******** 11- 12.11.2008 Heard Mr. Satish Chandra Mishra for the petitioner, Mr. Vipin Kumar, learned JC to Standing Counsel No.IV for respondent nos. 1, 3 and 4, Mr. G K Shukla for respondent no.2, and Mr. Dhrub Mukherjee for respondent nos. 5 and 6. Learned counsel for the respondents submit in one voice that the relief prayed for in the present writ petition is contained in the larger relief prayed for in W.P.(S) No.6537 of 2002 which is admitted for final hearing by the Jharkhand High Court, Ranchi. Therefore, the present writ petition is not maintainable. 2. Faced with the situation, learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission to withdraw this writ petition with the liberty to agitate his claims before the Jharkhand High Court. Let it be recorded that this Court has not applied its mind to the merits of the matter, and withdrawal of the present writ petition shall not come in - 2 - the way of the petitioner elsewhere. 3. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. ( S K Katriar ) mrl