Patna High Court
Nanhak MahtoversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- DISPOSED
- Bench
- RAJIV ROY
Holding
The court held that the petitioners' grievance was already redressed and therefore dismissed the writ petition.
Summary
The petitioners, a group of landowners from Dobhi village, filed a writ petition seeking a mandamus directing the State of Bihar and its revenue officials to correct errors in the revenue records (Jamabandi) and to issue rent receipts for several parcels of land, based on earlier orders dated 21-10-2022 and a 2018 court order. The respondents, including various revenue officers, filed a supplementary counter‑affidavit stating that the errors had been rectified and the Jamabandi entries corrected. The court examined the affidavit and concluded that the petitioners' grievance had been fully redressed. Consequently, the court held that no further direction or action against the officials was necessary. The writ petition was therefore disposed without granting the reliefs sought.
Issues considered
- What relief, if any, is appropriate when a petitioner's grievance regarding errors in revenue records and rent receipts has been allegedly corrected by the respondents?
- Whether the court should issue a mandamus directing further correction of the Jamabandi and issuance of rent receipts despite the respondents' claim of redress.
Subjects
- mandamus
- revenue records
- Jamabandi
- rent receipt
- land reform
- writ petition
- Bihar
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.4785 of 2024
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1. Nanhak Mahto Son of Nago Mahto, Resident of Village Dobhi, P.S. - Dobhi,
District Gaya.
2. Parwa Devi, Wife of Late Mukhlal Mahto, Resident of Village Dobhi, P.S. -
Dobhi, District Gaya.
3. Srikant Dwivedi, Son of Rajeshwar Dubey, Resident of Village Dobhi, P.S. -
Dobhi, District Gaya.
4. Birendra Prasad @ Virendra Prasad Son of Prabhu Prasad, Resident of
Village Dobhi, P.S. - Dobhi, District Gaya.
5. Ramanuj Prasad, Son of Pokhan Mahto, Resident of Village Dobhi, P.S. -
Dobhi, District Gaya.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
1. The State of Bihar
2. The Additional Chief Secretary, The Revenue and Land Reform Department,
Govt. of Bihar, Vikas Bhawan Bailey Road, Patna.
3. The District Magistrate, Gaya.
4. The Land Reforms Deputy Collector, Gaya.
5. The Additional Collector (Revenue), Gaya.
6. The Circle Officer, Dobhi Circle, Gaya.
7. Anjali Sharma, Name of the Father not known to the Petitioner, presently
posted as Circle Officer, Dobhi Circle, Gaya.
8. Sanjeev Kumar, Name of the Father not known to the Petitioner, presently
posted as Halka/Revenue Karmchari, Mauza Dobhi, Dobhi Circle, Gaya.
9. Lalan Prasad Yadav, Name Of the Father not known to the Petitioner,
presently posted as Head Clerk, Circle Office, Dobhi Circle, Gaya.
... ... Respondent/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Prem Ranjan Raj, Advocate
: Mr. Vijay Bharti, Advocate
For the State : Mr. Government Advocate 5
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY
ORAL ORDER
6 18-04-2026 Heard the parties.
2. The present petition has been preferred for the
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grant of following relief(s):
“(i) for issuance of writ in nature of
mandamus commanding respondents to make
corrections in the revenue records including
Register-II and issue rent receipts accordingly
pertaining to Jamabandi No. 38/4, Jamabandi
No. 41/4, Jamabandi No. 110/6, and Jamabandi
No. 91/7. Pursuant to the order passed Vide
Memo No. 835 dated 21-10-2022 (Annexure 08)
and Memo No. 836 Dated 21-10-2022 (Annexure
09), at the behest of order dated 29-10-2018
passed in CWJC No. 03 of 2018 (Annexure 07).
(ii) for further issuance of direction to
take appropriate action against the erring
official who have flouted the aforesaid orders.
(iii) for further issuance of
writ/order/direction as your Lordships may deem
fit in present case as per circumstances of the
case.”
3. A supplementary counter affidavit has come on
behalf of the respondent nos. 3 to 9 duly signed by the Circle
Officer, Dobhi, Gaya Ji and learned State counsel has taken this
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Court to paragraph no.5 which read as follows:
“5. That in pursuance the aforesaid petition,
the matter was enquired and thereafter all the
errors have been removed from the Jamabandi
running in the name of petitioners or their
descendants.”
4. From the aforesaid supplementary counter affidavit
of the Circle Officer, Dobhi, Gaya Ji who holds the revenue
records relating to the case of the petitioner, it seems that the
grievance of the petitioner stands redressed.
5. It goes without saying that if the petitioner still
have any grievance, he has the liberty to knock the doors of this
Court.
6. The writ petition is disposed of with the aforesaid
observation.
(Rajiv Roy, J)
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