Patna High Court

Diwakar Kumar GuptaversusThe State of Bihar

Decided: 5 February 2026
Disposal: DISPOSED
Bench: PURNENDU SINGH

Holding

The writ petition was disposed, permitting the petitioner to file a fresh petition with the necessary genealogical documentation.

Summary

Diwakar Kumar Gupta filed a civil writ petition before the Patna High Court challenging a decision of the State of Bihar and its revenue officials. The petitioner’s counsel argued that the required genealogical records were not placed on record, rendering the petition incomplete. The court directed that a fresh writ petition be filed to include the missing genealogy. Consequently, the present petition was disposed of, granting the petitioner liberty to seek appropriate remedy under law. No substantive merits of the original claim were adjudicated.

Issues considered

Whether the writ petition can proceed in the absence of genealogical records on record

Subjects

writ petition
jurisdiction
land reforms
genealogy
petition disposal

Judgment

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                                 Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.1528 of 2026
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                  Diwakar Kumar Gupta Son of Gurudayal Prasad, Resident of Jahanpur, P.O.-
                  Jogata P.S- Chandi, District- Bhojpur, Bihar-802161

                                                                            ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                    Versus
            1.    The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Department of Revenue
                  and Land Reforms, Government of Bihar, Patna
            2.    The District Magistrate-cum-Collector, Bhojpur Office at Collectorate,
                  BHOJPUR, Bihar.
            3.    The Deputy Collector Land Reforms (DCLR), ARA
            4.    The Circle Officer, Koilwar

                                                            ... ... Respondent/s
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                  Appearance :
                  For the Petitioner/s   :      Mr.Himanshu Kumar Ranjan, Advocate.
                  For the Respondent/s   :      Mr. Harun Quareshi, AC to SC-1.
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                  CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH
                                        ORAL ORDER

2    05-02-2026                     Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the

                    petitioner submitted that Genealogy has not been brought on

                    record. He has been instructed to file fresh writ petition, as such

                    he seeks to withdraw the present writ petition.

                                2. The writ petition, accordingly, stands disposed of

                    with liberty to the petitioner to avail appropriate remedy in

                    accordance with law.



                                                       (Purnendu Singh, J)
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