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The petitioners, Vinit Kumar and Amit Kumar, filed a writ petition under Article 226 challenging a mutation/jamabandi order (Mutation Case No. 2851 of 2023‑24) issued by the Circle Officer, Bihariganj, which granted land rights to respondent Sarvesh Kumar Singh. The State contended that the Bihar …
The petitioner purchased a 13-decimal plot of land in 2003 and obtained a mutation in his name. A rival claimant later asserted ownership, leading the petitioner to seek cancellation of the jamabandi under Section 9 of the Bihar Land Mutation Act, 2011. The Additional Collector rejected the …
The petitioner filed a writ petition under Article 226 challenging the Additional Collector's order dated 13-04-2026 that cancelled Jamabandi No. 147, which had been in his family for generations. The Court observed that the matter could be effectively addressed through the statutory appeal …
The petitioner, Binod Yadav, challenged an order dated 22‑04‑2026 by the Additional District Magistrate‑cum‑Additional Collector, Jamui, which cancelled the Jamabandi No. 16/76 in his father’s name for land in Mauza‑Mangrar. He alleged that he was not given a proper hearing and that the documents …
The petitioners, a group of individuals claiming ancestral ownership of land, filed a writ petition challenging an order dated 28‑03‑2026 issued by the Additional Collector, Saran, which cancelled their jamabandi. They sought quashing of the order and a direction to prevent interference with their …
The petitioner, Mohammad Shamiullah, filed a writ petition seeking the cancellation of a collusive Jamabandi (land record) created in favour of respondents Gulshan Khatoon and Jahangir Ali, alleging that the entry violated section 6(12) of the Bihar Land Mutation Act, 2011 and a directive issued by …
The petitioner, Amit Kumar Ranjan, an Additional District Land Acquisition Officer, was charged under sections 318(4), 338, 336(3) and 340(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 for allegedly approving a mutation of Gairmajarua land that had previously been rejected. The prosecution was based on a …
Shiv Kant Ranjan filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution seeking to set aside orders of the Additional Collector and the Land Revenue Development Commissioner and to confirm an order of the Circle Officer. The State argued that a statutory alternative remedy existed under the …
The petitioner, Bipin Bihari Verma, claimed ownership of 2 acres 52 decimals of land in Patna, asserting a historic settlement and a long‑standing Jamabandi in his favour, while the State sought to cancel the Jamabandi on the basis of a municipal survey classifying the land as public ‘Nala’. The …
The petitioner, Swapnil Shrestha Rai, sought a writ directing the State of Bihar and various revenue officials to set aside orders that had cancelled her mutation of a land parcel allotted to her under a panchayat arbitration award. The award stemmed from an amicable partition agreement dated 28 …
Manorama Devi filed a writ petition challenging a mutation order dated 12 January 2026 issued by the Anchaladhikari of Kadwa, Katihar, which rejected her application while a similar one was allowed. The petitioner argued that the rejection was arbitrary and sought relief directly from the High …
The petitioners, four brothers, filed a writ petition seeking direction to the Deputy Collector Land Reforms (DCLR) of Rajgir to dispose of Mutation Appeal No. 568 of 2025‑26 within a reasonable time. The appeal challenged a mutation order dated 03‑Oct‑2025 passed by the Circle Officer, Rajgir, …
The petitioners, three siblings, filed a writ petition in the Patna High Court seeking certiorari and mandamus to quash an order dated 30-12-2025 that cancelled their jamabandi, alleging the order violated Section 9 of the Bihar Land Mutation Act, 2011 because no enquiry was held. The Court examined …
Petitioners Pashupati Singh and Manju Devi filed a writ under Article 226 seeking to set aside orders dated 10‑09‑2025 and 07‑02‑2025 that cancelled a Jamabandi in favour of respondent Umesh Prasad Singh. They argued that the orders were barred because a related Bataidari dispute was pending before …
The petitioner, Karu Yadav, claimed that land he purchased in 2008 and held under a valid jamabandi was acquired for the widening of NH‑II in 2010 but he received no notice or compensation. The authorities, invoking a 2014 revenue resolution and Swamitya Satyapan proceedings, rejected his raiyati …
Lakshman Yadav filed a writ petition challenging the cancellation of his Jamabandi No.193 by the Additional Collector, Darbhanga, who acted under Section 9 of the Bihar Land Mutation Act, 2011 without considering the facts. The petitioner sought setting aside the cancellation order, restoration of …
The petitioner, grandson of Narain Yadav, challenged the Collector of Bhagalpur's order dated 31‑05‑2021 that set aside a Jamabandi in his favour and directed the parties to resolve the dispute in a civil court. The dispute originated from a 1969 title suit where the grandfather of the respondent …
The petitioners, three brothers, filed a writ petition before the Patna High Court seeking relief against the State of Bihar and its officials concerning land mutation. The State informed the Court that the petitioners had already instituted a title suit (No. 337 of 2022) before the Sub‑Judge, …
Amar Nath Tiwary filed a writ petition seeking a mandamus to restrain the State from constructing a Panchayat Bhawan on his ancestral land (Plot 297, Khesra 34, 2.42 acres) in Bhairopur, Saran, and to challenge a notice issued for cancellation of the jamabandi without stating any reason. The …
The petitioner filed a writ petition seeking a mandamus directing the revenue authorities to consider his applications dated 16-07-2021 and 23-07-2021 for mutation of his name on the land and to issue a Jamabandi in his favour. The revenue authorities had already disposed of the mutation application …
Petitioner Nitu Jain filed a writ petition challenging a land acquisition notice issued on 28‑10‑2010 for the NH‑28A project, alleging that her name was omitted from the Gazette and no personal notice was given. She further claimed that compensation under the Right to Fair Compensation and …
The petitioners, a group of landowners from Siwan district, filed a writ petition seeking the quashing of a Jamabandi cancellation case and a notice issued under Form‑XVII of the Bihar Mutation Rules, alleging that the Additional Collector had failed to act on their application under Section 9(6) of …
The petitioners, Priyadarshi Resort and Hotel Ltd, challenged the cancellation of their Jamabandi (land record) by the Additional Collector on 4 March 2025, which directed the land be re‑recorded in the names of Helios Finance and Helios Corporation. They filed an appeal before the Bihar Land …
The petitioner purchased land and applied for mutation of title, but the Circle Officer rejected the application by e‑communication without giving notice or a hearing, citing vague objections from villagers and a claim that the land belongs to a Math. The petitioner sought certiorari to quash the …
Manoranjan Singh filed a writ petition seeking a mandamus directing the State officials to pass an order on his Mutation Revision Application No.46/2024-25, which has been pending since 3 September 2024, and a certiorari to set aside an order dated 1 August 2024 passed by the District Court of Land …
The petitioner, an army Naib Subedar, sought a writ directing the State of Bihar to protect his possession of land allotted under the 1972 Welfare Scheme and to restrain authorities from cancelling his Jamabandi. The State argued that the petitioner had not exhausted the statutory remedy under …
The petitioners, four brothers, claimed that a parcel of land allotted to their deceased father under a welfare scheme had been occupied by them and a house was constructed. The Additional Collector initiated a Jamabandi cancellation proceeding (Case No. 28/2025-26) without impleading the heirs, …
The petitioner, Ambedkar Kumar Dayal, was allotted 0.25 decimal of land under a 1991 settlement patta and obtained a mutated Jamabandi in his favour. Private respondent No.8 subsequently disturbed his possession by constructing a hut, despite earlier BLDR orders (Case No. 05/2014 and Appeal No. …
Ranju Sharma filed a writ petition challenging several orders that allowed mutation of land and construction on the disputed property while a partition suit (No. 157/2011) was pending. The petitioner argued that the Circle Officer and the Deputy Collector violated Section 6(12) of the Bihar Land …
Krishna Devi purchased land in Sitamarhi and applied for mutation, which the Circle Officer rejected despite a prior order by the District Collector (DCLR) quashing the earlier rejection. The petitioner filed a writ petition seeking certiorari and mandamus to compel the mutation and to restrain the …
The petitioners, Gopal Sao and Jaipal Sao, filed a writ petition challenging the cancellation of their land record (Jamabandi) for a 2‑acre plot in Barun, Aurangabad, alleging that the cancellation orders dated 12‑09‑2024 and 23‑01‑2019 were passed without proper consideration of facts and on the …
The petitioners, a group of descendants claiming raiyati rights over a one‑acre‑plus plot in Barun, Aurangabad, challenged a series of orders that rejected their claim for compensation and initiated title verification proceedings. They alleged that the Deputy Collector, the LRDC and Sub‑Divisional …
The petitioners, three residents of Madhubani district, filed a writ petition against the State of Bihar and several officials seeking relief concerning land mutation matters. They later moved the court to withdraw the petition, invoking Section 9 of the Bihar Land Mutation Act, 2011, to pursue …
The petitioner challenged the order of the appellate authority in Mutation Appeal Case No. 216 of 2022-23 and the order of respondent No. 3 in Mutation Case No. 837R 27 of 2022-23. The State argued that the Bihar Land Mutation Act, 2011 provides a specific revision remedy under Section 8. The High …
The petitioner, Prabhunath Singh, filed a writ petition seeking to quash the order dated 27‑09‑2025 passed by the Additional Collector, Saran, which cancelled his long‑standing Jamabandi No. 876 relating to two parcels of land inherited from his father and grandfather. The petitioner claimed title …
The Patna High Court examined a public interest litigation filed by Sunil Shahi seeking a writ of mandamus to compel the Vigilance Bureau to investigate alleged corruption, illegal mutation, forged records and disproportionate assets of revenue officials in Mushahari Anchal, along with sweeping …
The petitioner, Md. Abid Khan, sought a writ to quash the order dated 04-10-2024 of the Circle Officer, Sherghati, which rejected his mutation application for land inherited and partitioned among five brothers. The petitioner claimed the land was gifted to his father in 1980 and allotted to him in a …
Petitioner Narendra Kumar Singh filed a writ petition seeking a mandamus to quash a 10 May 2019 order that cancelled his jamabandi and to declare a parcel of land as raiyati belonging to him. He also challenged the jurisdiction of the Circle Officer and Land Reform Deputy Collector to cancel the …
The petitioners filed a writ petition challenging the order dated 28‑08‑2025 of the Circle Officer, Gaya, which rejected their applications for mutation of land. They sought quashing of the order and a writ of mandamus directing the authorities to mutate the land. The Court examined whether the …
The appellants challenged the Bihar Registration Rules, 2008 amendments that introduced sub‑rules (xvii) and (xviii) to Rule 19, which made the production of jamabandi or holding‑allotment proof a condition precedent for registering sale or gift documents. The High Court of Patna dismissed the writ …
