Shivdhar Yadav v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.4426 of 2017 ====================================================== Shivdhar Yadav Son of Late Bhutti Yadav, Resident of village - Taulaho, P.S. Ramnagar, District - West Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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The State Of Bihar 2.

The Collector, West Champaran, Bettiah null null 3.

The Sub Divisional officer, West Champaran, Bettiah 4.

The Circle Officer, West Champaran, Bettiah 5.

The Circle Officer, Ramnagar, Bettiah, District - West Champaran ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Anuj Kumar For the Respondent/s :

Mr.S.Raza Ahmad-Aag5 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR UPADHYAY ORAL ORDER 21-12-2019 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned counsel for the State.

Petitioner is aggrieved by the order dated 03.12.2016 passed by Collector, West Champaran, Bettiah contained in Annexure-3.

The Collector while exercising quasi judicial power is expected to act reasonably but the order does not indicate application of mind.

From perusal of Annexure-3, it appears that the Collector has not assigned any reason for dismissing the appeal. Considering the aforesaid, the order of the collector (Annexure-3) is hereby quashed. The matter is remitted back to

Patna High Court CWJC No.4426 of 2017(3) dt.21-12-2019 2/2 the Collector, who is required to take fresh decision after application of mind. Necessary decision in this regard must be taken within a maximum period of three months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. With the aforesaid, the present writ petition stands disposed of.

(Anil Kumar Upadhyay, J) B.Kr./- U