Patna High Court
Dinesh Kumar GuptaversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- DISPOSED
- Bench
- SOURENDRA PANDEY
Holding
The writ petition is disposed of, directing the Collector, Madhubani to hear and decide the pending revision application within three months.
Summary
Petitioners Dinesh Kumar Gupta and Mohd Sharif Ansari filed a writ petition alleging that their peaceful possession of land in Madhubani district is being disturbed by a fabricated Basgit parcha issued in favour of private respondent Sadara Khatoon. They contend that the Basgit parcha is illegal, void, and that the respondent (Bihar Land Tribunal) lacks jurisdiction, also asserting that the private respondent is not a privileged person under the Bihar Privileged Persons Homestead Tenancy Act, 1947. The petitioners have a pending revision application (Case No. 309 of 2018‑19) before the Collector, Madhubani, seeking redress, which remains undecided. The court, noting the pending revision, directed the Collector to hear and decide the revision application within three months, allowing the petitioners to file a supplementary affidavit, and did not directly quash the Basgit parcha. Consequently, the writ petition was disposed of with the direction to resolve the matter through the pending revision.
Issues considered
- The validity and jurisdictional basis of the Basgit parcha issued in favour of the private respondent.
- Whether the private respondent qualifies as a privileged person under the Bihar Privileged Persons Homestead Tenancy Act, 1947.
- Whether the High Court should entertain the writ petition or defer to the pending revision application before the Collector.
Legislation cited
Subjects
- land possession
- Basgit parcha
- revision application
- writ jurisdiction
- Bihar Privileged Persons Homestead Tenancy Act
- Bihar Land Tribunal
- illegal document
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.5930 of 2022
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1. Dinesh Kumar Gupta Son of Sri Raghunath Prasad Gupta, resident of
Jainagar Towan ward no. - 01, Bhelwa Tola, P.S. and Anchal - Jainagar,
District - Madhubani.
2. Mohd. Sharif Ansari Son of Late Kamruddin Ansari resident of ward no. - 8,
Near Masjid Village- Sirahi, P.O.- Chhatauni P.S. - Basopatti, Distt. -
Madhubani.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
1. The State of Bihar through the Collector, Madhubani.
2. The Bihar Land Tribunal ,Patna through its Registrar, Off Polo Road, Patna.
3. The Collector of the District (District Magistrate) Madhubani.
4. The Sub-Divisional Officer (S.D.O.) Jainagar, Madhubani.
5. The Circle Officer, Jainagar, Madhubani.
6. Sadara Khatoon Wife of Mohd. Safiq Mian, water ways chowk, Jainagar
ward no. - 12 P.S. and Anchal -Jainagar, District- Madhubani- 847226.
... ... Respondent/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Shashi Nath Jha, Advocate
For the Respondent/s : Mr. Md. Khurshid Alam ( AAG 12 )
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SOURENDRA PANDEY
ORAL ORDER
5 26-03-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned
AC to AAG-12. However, no one appears on behalf of the
private respondent no. 6.
2. The present writ application has been filed for grant
of the following relief(s):-
“(i) Directing the respondents 1st party to protect
the right, interest and possession of the petitioners over the
lands in question as the respondent 2nd party is forcefully
trying to dispossess the petitioners from the lands in question
on the basis of a fraud and fabricated Basgit parcha (Annx-
1).
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(ii) Holding and declaring that the so-called
Basgit parcha (Annx-1), issued in favour of the Respondent
2nd party in the alleged Basgit Parcha Case No. 19 of 2004-
05 is illegal, void, without jurisdiction and nullity in the eyes
of law, as no record is available in the government record
with respect to the said Parcha.
(iii) Directing, alternatively, the Respondent no.3
(Collector) to dispose of the pending revision application
(Md. Sharif Ansari & another Vs. The state of Bihar &
another) as contained in Annx.-8 hereto, at the earliest, as the
same has been filed by the present petitioners in the year
Nov.2018 itself under section 21 of Bihar Privileged persons
Homestead Tenancy Act, 1947 (herein after referred to as
B.P.P.H.T. Act) against the issuance of the so-called Basgit
Parcha (Annx-1) in favour of the Respondent 2nd party.
(iv) Holding and declaring that the Respondent
2nd party is not the privileged person under the Bihar
Privileged Persons Homestead Tenancy Act, 1947, and the
so-called Basgit parcha (Annx-1) as claimed by her, is
apparently collusive, illegal, arbitrary and contrary to the
scope and provisions laid down under B.P.P.H.T. Act.
(v) Restraining the respondents from
dispossessing the petitioners from the lands in question
and/or from taking any step which would ultimately cause
prejudice to the rights, title. interests and possession of the
petitioners over the lands in question.
(vi) Holding and declaring that the Learned
Chairman, Bihar Land Tribunal, Patna ought to have
interfered into the matter and ought to have quashed the so-
called Basgit Parcha (Annx-1), which is said to have been
issued in favour of the Respondent 2 nd party.”
3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the
petitioners are aggrieved by the fact that peaceful possession of
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the petitioners over the land is being disturbed as the petitioners
are being dispossessed forcefully from the said land on the basis
of fabricated Basgit Parcha and it has been submitted that the
petitioners have preferred a revision application before the
respondent no. 3 i.e. the Collector, Madhubani in the year 2018
bearing Case No. 309 of 2018-19. However, till date the same is
pending and no order has been passed by the Collector,
Madhubani while respondent no. 6, the so called Paracha Holder
is creating disturbances on the peaceful possession over the land
in question.
4. Learned AC to AAG 12 submits that since the
revision application is already pending, the case may be
disposed of with a direction to the respondent no. 3, the
Collector, Madhubani to hear the revision application preferred
by the petitioners and the points being raised by the petitioners
in the present writ application shall be considered by him.
5. In view of the aforesaid submissions of the parties,
this Court thinks it appropriate that the present writ application be
disposed of with a direction to the respondent no. 3, Collector,
Madhubani to hear the pending revision application bearing
Application No. 309 of 2018-19 in the presence of the parties
including the petitioners and the private respondent no. 6 and the
grievances being raised in the present writ application shall also be
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redressed by the Collector, Madhubani.
6. Accordingly, the writ application stands disposed of
with the liberty to the petitioners to file entire facts once again
through a supplementary affidavit and the Collector, Madhubani
is directed to hear and decide the revision application preferred
by the petitioners within a period of three months from the
receipt/ production of a copy of this order.
(Sourendra Pandey, J)
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