Dr. Shrawan Kumar Roy Chaudhary v. The Bihar State Housing Board And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.12810 of 2014 ====================================================== Dr. Shrawan Kumar Roy Chaudhary Son of Late Chaudhuri Brij Behari Roy Resident of village and Post - Dumraon, Police Station - Dumraon, District - Buxar ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The Bihar State Housing Board, Patna through the Managing Director-cumthe Additional Secretary, Bihar State Housing Board, Patna. 2.

The Executive Engineer, Bihar State Housing Board, Division, Patna - 3 ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Syed Asgher Najmi, Advocate For the Respondent/s :

Mr. Arun Kumar Tiwari, Advocate Mr. Pawan Kumar Verma, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MOHIT KUMAR SHAH ORAL ORDER 03-07-2024 The present writ petition has been filed seeking the following relief:- "1. That this is an application for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus for directing/commanding the respondents to refund the earnest money deposited by the petitioner with 5% simple interest and also refund the consideration money with 12% interest with a quarterly rest to the petitioner from 1st August 2006 till the date of payment, the amount remaining unpaid as the respondent authorities have not allotted the land to the petitioner." 2.

After some arguments, the learned counsel for the petitioner, realizing the fact that the present writ petition is not

Patna High Court CWJC No.12810 of 2014(6) dt.03-07-2024 2/2 maintainable, seeks liberty on behalf of the petitioner to approach the competent Civil Court having appropriate jurisdiction for the purposes of filing suit for redressal of his subsisting grievances. Liberty, so sought, is granted. 3.

Accordingly, the present writ petition stands dismissed. (Mohit Kumar Shah, J) Ajay/- U