Amrita Kumari Singh @ Amrita Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.2330 of 2023 ====================================================== Amrita Kumari Singh @ Amrita Singh Wife of Satish Kumar Singh, Resident of Navrang Vatika, Poltechnic Road, P.S. Dhandbad, District Dhanbad, Jharkhand 826001 ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar through the Commissioner-cum-Principal Secretary, Department of Mines and Geology, Government of Bihar, Vikas Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna 800001 2.

The Principal Secretary cum Commissioner Mines, Department of Mines and Geology, Government of Bihar, Vikas Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna 800001 3.

The District Magistrate-cum-Collector, Rohtas, Sasaram. 4.

The Additional District Magistrate cum Additional Collector cum District Certificate Officer, Rohtas, Sasaram.

5.

The Assistant Director, District Office, Rohtas, Sasaram. 6.

The Miniral Development Officer, Rohtas, Sasaram. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Suraj Samdarshi, Adv.

For the Respondent/s :

Mr. Gyan Prakash Ojha (Ga7) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV PRAKASH SHARMA ORAL JUDGMENT Date : 22-03-2023

1. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the certificate proceedings have been initiated, wherein, the petitioner has been noticed, although the petitioner has already resigned from the company in 2017.

2. This Court finds that the objections have not been filed by the petitioner in terms of Section 9 of the Bihar

Patna High Court CWJC No.2330 of 2023 dt.22-03-2023 2/2 and Orissa Public Demands Recovery Act, 1914 (hereinafter referred to as Act of 1914). If the petitioner files such objections, he may raise all the objections which he has raised as grounds in the present petition. The same shall be examined by the authorities and the authority shall pass a speaking order. If aggrieved, the petitioner also has a remedy of an appeal in terms of the Act of 1914, which he may also avail of.

2. The writ petition is disposed of with the aforesaid observations.

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