Jitendra Kumar Singh v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.5236 of 2017 ====================================================== Jitendra Kumar Singh Son of Sudama Singh, Resident of VillageMahajantoli, Police Station- Ara Town, District- Bhojpur at Ara. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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The State Of Bihar 2.

The Principal Secretary, Forest Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. 3.

The District Magistrate, Rohtas at Sasaram.

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The Divisional Forest Officer, Rohtas at Sasaram. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

None For the Respondent/s :

Mr. Chitranjan Sinha, PAAG2 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ADITYA KUMAR TRIVEDI ORAL ORDER 16-01-2020 Learned counsel for the petitioner is absent while learned AC to PAAG-2 is present.

The prayer so made on behalf of the petitioner is confined only to the extent of having a direction to the appellate authority to dispose of Forest (Confiscation) Appeal No. 88/2016 within a reasonable time frame as, on account of apathy at the end of learned appellate authority, the truck will be forced to meet with natural decay causing loss not only to the petitioner rather to the nation also.

Learned AC to PAAG-2 is not in a position to justify pendency of the confiscation appeal since 2016. Consequent thereupon, directing the District

Patna High Court CWJC No.5236 of 2017(2) dt.16-01-2020 2/2 Magistrate/ Collector, Rohtas at Sasaram to proceed with Forest (Confiscatin) Appeal No. 88/2016 expeditiously and will decide the same preferably within three months from the date of receipt/ production of a copy of this order, the instant petition is disposed of in terms thereof.

(Aditya Kumar Trivedi, J) Surendra/- U