Patna High Court
Ranjeet KumarversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- DISPOSED
- Bench
- RAJIV ROY
Holding
The petition is disposed with a direction to the petitioner to file a fresh petition before the Collector, who shall dispose of the matter and pass a reasoned order within three months.
Summary
Petitioner Ranjeet Kumar filed a writ petition seeking certiorari and mandamus to quash several mutation orders and to compel the disposal of an application dated 26‑12‑2024 that had been pending with the District Magistrate, Patna. The petition also challenged orders passed by the Deputy Collector, Land Reforms, Paliganj and the Anchala Adhikari, Bikram, alleging irregularities in land records. The High Court noted that the application had been received by the Collector on 26‑12‑2024 and that the appropriate forum for its disposal was the revenue authority, not the court. With the consent of both parties, the Court disposed of the writ petition, directing the petitioner to file a fresh petition before the Collector, who must hear the matter and pass a reasoned order within three months of receipt. The Court therefore declined to entertain the writ and remitted the matter to the administrative authority for resolution.
Subjects
- writ jurisdiction
- certiorari
- mandamus
- land revenue
- mutation orders
- administrative law
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.1241 of 2026
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Ranjeet Kumar S/o Late Binoy Krishna, resident 123 Near Himgiri
Apartment, Gandhi Nagar, Anandpuri Boaring Canal Road, P.S.- S.K. Puri,
District- Patna- 800001.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
1. The State of Bihar.
2. The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Department of Revenue
and Land Reforms, Govt. of Bihar, Patna.
3. The District Magistrate, Patna.
4. The Additional Collector, Patna.
5. The Deputy Collector, Land Reforms, Paliganj, District- Patna.
6. The Anchala Adhikari, Bikram, District- Patna.
7. Sudama Paswan, S/o Late Paddu Paswan @ Paddu Dusad, resident of
village- Baliyaban, P.S. Naubatpur, P.O.- Chainpur Dariyapur, District-
Patna.
8. Rafat Ahmad, W/o Fazal Ahmad, aged about ............ years, resident of Flat
No. 402, Wali Court, Apartment, Khajpura, P.S.- Hawai Adda, District-
Patna At present resident of A- 11 Indrapuri Basti, Samanpura, Raja Bazar
Rukanpura, Patna - 800014 Mobile No. 9431458505.
... ... Respondent/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Nawal Kishore Prasad, Advocate
For the Respondent/s : Mr. Standing Counsel (1)
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY
ORAL ORDER
3 20-04-2026 Heard the parties.
2. The present petition has been preferred for the
following relief(s):
“A. For issuance of writ in the nature of
"certiorari" for disposal of an application dated
26.12.2024 (Annexure-P/8), which was given to the
Respondent No. 3 (D.M., Patna) as well as disposal
of Mutation Revision No. 179/2025-26 which is
subjudice before the Court of learned Additional
Collector, Patna (Respondent No. 4) and also quash
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the order dated 17.5.2025 in Mutation Appeal No.
1308/2024-25 passed by learned D.C.L.R., Paliganj
(Respondent No. 5) as well as quash the Mutation
order dated 17.9.2024 in Mutation Case No.
3301R27/2023-24 passed by Circle Officer, Bikram,
District-Patna.
B. For issuance of writ in the nature of
"Mandamus" for direction of dispose of the
application dated 26.12.2024 pending before
Respondent No. 3 as well as Mutation Revision No.
179/25-26 which is subjudice before Respondent No.
4 and further issuance of liable to be quashed the
order dated 17.5.2025 passed by DCLR, Paliganj
(Respondent 5) No. in Mutation Appeal No.
1308/2024-25 as well as quash the order dated
17.9.2024 in Mutation Case No. 330/R27/2023-24
passed by Anchala Adhikari, Bikram (Respondent
No. 6) in Khata No. 376 Plot No. 1208 whereby the
Anchala Adhikari, Bikram has open Jamabandi on
8.8.2024 in the name of Kiran Kumari of the same
Khata No. 376 Plot No. 1209.
C. For issuance of such
direction/directions to Respondent authorities and
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any other relief/reliefs which the petitioner may be
entitled on the basis of such directions.”
3. It is unfortunate that even for the disposal of an
application dated 26.12.2024 (Annexure-P/8 to the petition), the
petitioner has to move before this Court.
4. The receipt of the Collector, Patna shows that it was
received in the office of the respondent no. 3, the Collector, Patna
on 26.12.2024.
5. Learned State counsel submits that if not disposed of,
it will be taken to its logical conclusion.
6. With the consent of the parties, the writ petition
stands disposed of directing the petitioner to file a fresh petition
alongwith the present order before the Collector, Patna who shall
be taking up the matter and after hearing the parties, pass a
reasoned order at an earliest preferably within a period of three
months from the date the copy of the order is received in his
office.
7. The writ petition stands disposed of with the
aforesaid observation.
(Rajiv Roy, J)
Adnan/-
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