JOEL SINGH RYNJAH v. STATE OF MEGHALAYA AND 2 ORS.
Court: High Court of Meghalaya
Bench: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE B. BHATTACHARJEE
Judgment date:
Case summary
High Court of Meghalaya judgment dated 2024-11-19. JOEL SINGH RYNJAH v. STATE OF MEGHALAYA AND 2 ORS. Read the judgment and case details on LawSphereX.
Judgment text
Serial No. 01 Supple List HIGH COURT OF MEGHALAYA AT SHILLONG M. C WP(C) No. 201 of 2024 in Date of Order: 19. 11. 2024 WP(C) No. 29 of 2018. ____________________________________________________________ Shri. Joel Singh Rynjah Vs. 1. State of Meghalaya. Son of Shri. A. S. Khongjoh Represented by the Secretary of Resident of 189, Rynjah Southern Education Department to the Side of Umpling Road, Rynjah Government of Meghalaya, Shillong, East Khasi Hills District, Shillong, Meghalaya. Meghalaya. 2. Directorate of Higher & Technical Education Represented by the Director, Government of Meghalaya, Shillong, Meghalaya. 3. The Shillong Polytechnic Represented by the Principal, Mawlai Mawdatbaki, Shillong, East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya-793008 …. Applicant. …. Respondents. Coram: Hon’ble Mr. Justice B. Bhattacharjee, Judge Appearance: For the Petitioner/Appellant(s) : Ms. B. F. Kharwanlang, Adv. For the Respondent(s) : Mr. K. P. Bhattacharjee, GA. Ms. I. Lyngwa, GA. ORAL:- Heard Ms. B. F.
Kharwanlang, learned Counsel appearing for the applicant also Mr. K. P. Bhattacharjee, learned GA appearing for the State-respondents. By this application, the applicant has prayed for recalling of the order dated 18-10-2024 passed in WP(C) No. 29 of 2018 by which the writ petition was dismissed for default. Ms. B. F. Kharwanlang, learned Counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant was totally dependent upon the Counsel who was representing him and he had no information as to the non-appearance of the then Counsel representing him on the date on which the writ petition was fixed for hearing. The learned Counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant is not at fault for his previous non-appearance and he is very much interested to pursue the matter and prays for restoration of the WP (C) No. 29 of 2018 back to file. Mr. K. P. Bhattacharjee, learned GA for the State-respondents has no objection to the prayer for restoration of the writ petition.
In view of the submission made by the learned Counsels appearing for the parties, the reasons for previous non-appearance of the applicant is deemed to be good and sufficient reason and accordingly, the order dated 18-10-2024 passed in WP(C) No. 29 of 2018 stands hereby recalled. The WP(C) No. 29 of 2018 stands restored back to the file. This Misc. Application is allowed. Judge Meghalaya 19. 11. 2024 “Biswarup PS” Signature Not Verified Digitally signed by BISWARUP BHATTACHARJEE Date: 2024. 11. 19 16:44:02 IST
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