The State Of Bihar And ORS v. Chandeshwar Roy

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Letters Patent Appeal No.1575 of 2016 In Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.7558 of 2013 ======================================================

1. The State Of Bihar.

2. The Director, Consolidation, Bihar, Patna.

3. The Deputy Director, Consolidation Headquarter, Bihar, Patna. ... ... Appellant/s

Versus

Chandeshwar Roy S/O Late Dasai Rai R/O Village- Tirathpur Raja Ram, P.S.- Bhagwanpur, District- Vaishali.

... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Appellant/s :

Mr. Anil Kr Singh No. 6 For the Respondent/s :

Mr.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR TRIPATHI and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR TRIPATHI) 15-11-2017 I. A. No.6332 of 2016 has been filed for condoning the delay of 116 days in preferring the appeal. For the reasons indicated, the delay is condoned. I. A. stands allowed. The matter is thereafter taken up on merits.

We have perused the order of the learned Single Judge dated 09.03.2016. The ball is in the court of the State. It was left to the High Power Committee to take a decision about the entitlement of the private respondent. If they have not taken a decision so far, then they cannot take a plea that the direction of the learned Single Judge is erroneous

Patna High Court LPA No.1575 of 2016(13) dt.15-11-2017 2/2 Appeal has no merit. It is dismissed.

(Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J) ( Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, J) sk U