Jharkhand High Court
WPC/7185/2026 of BROTHERS ACADEMY PRIVATE LIMITED THROUGH ITS DIRECTOR PARAS KUMAR AGARWAL Vs RANCHI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATOR on 28 September 2026
g e IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI W.P. (C) No. 7185 of 2026 ----- Brothers Academy Private Limited, through its Director, Paras Kumar Agarwal, S/o Purusottam Choudhary, R/o Purushottam Bhandar, Choudhary Bagan, near Braham Kumari Aashram, P.O.-G.P.O., P.S.-Lalpur & District- Ranchi
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI
W.P. (C) No. 7185 of 2026
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Brothers Academy Private Limited, through its Director, Paras Kumar Agarwal, S/o Purusottam Choudhary, R/o Purushottam Bhandar, Choudhary Bagan, near Braham Kumari Aashram, P.O.-G.P.O., P.S.-Lalpur & District- Ranchi
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3. With W.P. (C) No. 7183 of 2026 ----- Nipu Kumari, D/o Arun Kumar Mishra, Proprietor of E- World Computer Education Centre, R/o Khamhauri, Rajapur, P.O. & P.S.-Rajapur,District-Siwan (Bihar)
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3. With W.P. (C) No. 7184 of 2026 ----- Rudra Kumar Visen, S/o Ajay Kumar Singh, Proprietor of Alpine Infotech, R/o Visen Vila, Nagra Toli, Lalpur, P.O. & P.S.-Lalpur, District-Ranchi
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3. With W.P. (C) No. 7439 of 2026 ----- Bhavya Educational Services LLP, having its office at Biome, Shivpuri Colony (Kilburn Colony), near Spring Deals School, Hinoo, P.O.-Doranda, P.S.-Argora, District-
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Ranchi, through its partner, Bali Ram Kumar Pankaj, s/o Bijay Kumar Singh, R/o New Nagra Toli, near Womens College (Science Block), Lalpur, P.O.-GPO & P.S.-Lalpur, District-Ranchi
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1. Ranchi Municipal Corporation, through the Chief Executive Officer, Ranchi
2. Municipal Commissioner, Ranchi Municipal Corporation, Ranchi
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5. State of Jharkhand, through Secretary, Department of Home, Jail & Disaster Management, Ranchi
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----- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH SHANKAR ----- For the Petitioners : Mr. Indrajit Sinha, Advocate
Mr. Devesh Ajmani, Advocate For Respondents : Dr. (Mrs.) Vandana Singh, Advocate
Mr. Vivek Kumar Sharma, Advocate ----- Order No.06
Date: 28.09.2026
1. All these writ petitions have been filed challenging the notices issued to the petitioners, who are running coaching institutes at different places in Ranchi calling upon them to rectify the deficiencies mentioned in the said notices within a fixed period, failing which the said coaching institutes were to be sealed in accordance with the provisions of Jharkhand Municipal Act, 2011 (in short ‘the Act, 2011’) and Jharkhand Building Bye-laws, 2016 (in short ‘the Bye-laws, 2016’).
2. Learned counsel for the petitioners submit that so far as W.P. (C) No. 7439 of 2026 is concerned, pursuant to
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issuance of the impugned notice, the premises has also been sealed by the Municipal Authority.
3. Dr. (Mrs.) Vandana Singh, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondent-Ranchi Municipal Corporation, Ranchi, submits that the issue raised in the present writ petitions is covered by the order dated 24.09.2026 passed in W.P. (C) No. 7552 of 2026 [Abhishek Narsaria v. Ranchi Municipal Corporation & Ors.].
4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners in these writ petitions though accept that the issue raised in these writ petitions is largely covered by the order dated 24.09.2026 passed in W.P. (C) No. 7552 of 2026, yet they submit that jurisdiction of sealing the premises by the Municipal Authorities has not been decided in the said order and hence, the said issue may be left open to be decided in future, if any such situation so arises.
5. Considering the fact that the issue raised in the present writ petitions is largely covered by the order dated 24.09.2026 passed in W.P. (C) No. 7552 of 2026, the same are disposed of in terms with the said order.
6. Accordingly, the writ petitioners are given an opportunity to file detailed response before the Municipal Commissioner, Ranchi Municipal Corporation, Ranchi within two weeks. On receipt of the said response, the Municipal Commissioner, Ranchi Municipal Corporation, Ranchi, on providing an opportunity of hearing to the
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petitioners/their representative(s) and on making enquiry with respect to the premises in question, shall take an appropriate informed decision/step in accordance with law positively within three weeks from the date of filing of the response.
7. The issue with respect to the jurisdiction of sealing a premises by the Municipal Authorities in case of alleged deficiencies in conforming to the provisions of the Act, 2011 and the Bye-laws, 2016 is left open to be decided in a suitable case.
8. The writ petitions are disposed of with the aforesaid liberty, directions and observations.
(Rajesh Shankar, J.)
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