PATNA, India, March 8 -- Patna High Court issued the following judgment on Feb. 5:

1. This Letters Patent Appeal has been filed by the appellant Lakhan Kumar challenging the order dated 24.03.2025 passed by the learned Single Judge in C.W.J.C. No. 4696 of 2025, in which his writ petition has been dismissed on the sole ground that the petitioner-appellant had not approached the Court with clean hand.

2. The aforesaid writ petition was filed by the appellant seeking for following reliefs:

"1. i. For a direction to the Respondents to make payment of the arrears of the honorarium due to the petitioner along with applicable incentives.

ii. For a further direction to the Respondents to provide the necessary training and other facilities to the Petitioner in connection with his appointment as an Anurakshak under the Mukhyamantri Gramin Peyjal Nischay Yojana.

iii. For a direction to the Respondents to initiate appropriate inquiry into the defalcation of scheme funds by the current Chairman of the Ward Implementation and Management Committee, Gram Panchayat Pipra Bishanpur, Ward No. 3, namely, Meena Devi.

iv. For a direction to the Respondents to pay costs and compensation to the Petitioner for the delay in clearing his legitimate dues."

3. When the matter was taken up on 24.03.2025, a submission was made on behalf of the learned counsel for the State that the writ-petitioner has not come before the Court with clean hand and to substantiate the submission, attention was drawn to the representation of the petitioner, which was submitted before the District Magistrate, Sitamarhi. Learned counsel for the State also produced the order dated 13.07.2023 passed in C.W.J.C. No. 2429 of 2023, which was mentioned in the representation of the petitioner to show that the writ petitioner had not filed such writ petition, i.e., C.W.J.C. No. 2429 of 2023.

After hearing the learned counsel for the respective parties and perusing the order dated 13.07.2023 passed in C.W.J.C. No. 2429 of 2023, the learned Single Judge has been pleased to observe in paragraph no. 9 as follows :

"9. Having heard the counsel for the parties and perused the materials on record and also perused the order dated 13.07.2023 passed in CWJC No. 2429 of 2023 which was produced by the learned counsel for the State and the same was mentioned by the petitioner in his representation dated 11.09.2024, it appears that the petitioner has not moved before this Court with clean hands and on the sole ground that the petitioner has not come before this Court with clean hand, this writ petition is fit to be dismissed."

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