In Ajit Kumar Pandey vs. The State of Bihar through Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar & Anr. (2025), Patna High Court's Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Sudhir Singh and Justice Rajesh Kumar Verma delivered a 2-page long judgement dated November 1, 2025, wherein, it concluded:"if the petitioner has any grievance to it, he shall be at liberty to make an appropriate application before the Hon’ble Supreme Court, if so advised. 5. With the aforesaid liberty, the present writ petition stands disposed of." This was the seventh judgement authored by Acting Chief Justice Sudhir Singh. The second respondent was Municipal Commissioner, Patna Municipal Corporation, Patna.
The petitioner had prayed for direction to the respondents to implement in Patna the measures mandated by the Supreme Court in its judgment dated August 11, 2025 in a Suo Motu Writ Petition, including capture, sterilization, immunization, and permanent relocation of all stray/community dogs to secure purpose-built shelters, within a strict and fixed time frame. He had sought direction to direct the respondents to construct, operationalise, and/or upgrade shelter facilities in Patna with adequate capacity, trained manpower, sterilization units, veterinary care, and 24-hour CCTV surveillance, to direct the respondents to establish in Patna a dedicated 24x7 helpline for reporting dog-bite incidents and aggressive stray dog behaviour, ensuring on-ground action within a maximum of four hours; and to direct the respondents to maintain verifiable daily records of stray dogs captured, sterilized, vaccinated, and sheltered, and to file periodic compliance reports before the High Court. The Advocate General appearing for the State, submitted that the issue raised in the writ petition was already sub judice before the Supreme Court and the same WAs being pursued in Suo Motu Writ Petition (Civil)No.05 of 2025.
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