Kailash Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Letters Patent Appeal No.341 of 2022 In Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.10275 of 2008 ====================================================== 1.

Kailash Devi Wife of Late Laxuman Singh, Resident of Village - Keshopur, P.S. Sakara, District Muzaffarpur, at present residing at Village - Habibpati (Sonbarsa Sah) P.O. Sonbarsa Dih, P.S. Maniyari, District - Muzaffarpur. 2.

Gita Devi, Wife of Ram Babu Singh @ Ramshankar Singh, Resident of Village - Sonbarsa- Sah (Habibpati) P.S. Maniyari (Kurhani) DistrictMuzaffarpur. 3.

Ranapratap Singh, Son of Late Ram Babu Singh @ Ramshankar Singh, Resident of Village - Sonbarsa- Sah (Habibpati) P.S. Maniyari (Kurhani) District- Muzaffarpur.

4.

Ranbir Kumar Sigh, Son of Late Ram Babu Singh @ Ramshankar Singh, Resident of Village - Sonbarsa- Sah (Habibpati) P.S. Maniyari (Kurhani) District- Muzaffarpur.

5.

Himashu Shekhar, Son of Late Ram Babu Singh @ Ramshankar Singh, Resident of Village - Sonbarsa- Sah (Habibpati) P.S. Maniyari (Kurhani) District- Muzaffarpur.

6.

Most. Samundari Devi, Wife of Late Ram Briksha Singh, Resident of Village - Sonbarsa- Sah (Habibpati) P.S. Maniyari (Kurhani) DistrictMuzaffarpur. 7.

Manoj Kumar @ Manoj Kumar Singh, Son of Late Ram Briksha Singh, Resident of Village - Sonbarsa- Sah (Habibpati) P.S. Maniyari (Kurhani) District- Muzaffarpur.

8.

Pramod Kumar Singh, Son of Late Ram Briksha Singh, Resident of Village - Sonbarsa- Sah (Habibpati) P.S. Maniyari (Kurhani) District- Muzaffarpur. 9.

Sheo Chandra Singh, Son of Late Ram Briksha Singh, Resident of Village - Sonbarsa- Sah (Habibpati) P.S. Maniyari (Kurhani) District- Muzaffarpur. 10.

Shakuntala Devi, Wife of Ram Lalit Singh, daughter of Late Ram Briksha Singh, Resident of Village - Sonbarsa- Sah (Habibpati) P.S. Maniyari (Kurhani) District- Muzaffarpur.

11.

Anita Devi, Wife of Umesh Bhagat, daughter of Late Ram Briksha Singh, Resident of Village - Sonbarsa- Sah (Habibpati) P.S. Maniyari (Kurhani) District- Muzaffarpur.

12.

Sanjay Kumar Singh @ Sanjay Singh, Son of Late Rajendra Singh, Resident of Village - Sonbarsa- Sah (Habibpati) P.S. Maniyari (Kurhani) DistrictMuzaffarpur. 13.

Ajay Kumar Singh @ Ajay Kumar, Son of Late Rajendra Singh, Resident of Village - Sonbarsa- Sah (Habibpati) P.S. Maniyari (Kurhani) DistrictMuzaffarpur. 14.

Ganori Devi, Wife of Late Rajendra Singh, Resident of Village - SonbarsaSah (Habibpati) P.S. Maniyari (Kurhani) District- Muzaffarpur. 15.

Shyam Nandan Sigh, Son of Late Shiva Gyan Singh, Resident of Village - Sonbarsa-Sah (Habibpati), P.S. Maniyari (Kurhani) District - Muzaffarpur.

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Ram Sakal Singh, Son of Late Ram Parikchhan Singh, Resident of Village - Sonbarsa- Sah (Habibpati) P.S. Maniyari (Kurhani) District- Muzaffarpur. 17.

Hari Shankar Singh, Son of Late Ram Parikchhan Singh, Resident of Village - Sonbarsa- Sah (Habibpati) P.S. Maniyari (Kurhani) District- Muzaffarpur. 18.

Meena Devi, daughter of Late Ram Parikchhan Singh, Resident of Village - Sonbarsa- Sah (Habibpati) P.S. Maniyari (Kurhani) District- Muzaffarpur. 19.

Brahmdeo Singh @ Bramhdeo Narain Singh Son of Late Kunj Bihari Singh, Resident of Village - Sonbarsa- Sah (Habibpati) P.S. Maniyari (Kurhani) District- Muzaffarpur.

... ... Appellant/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar through the Secretary, Revenue and Land Reforms, Old Secretariat, Harding Road, Patna - 1.

2.

The Director of Consolidation, Consolidation Director, Bhumi Vikash Bhawan, Budh Marg, Patna - 800001.

3.

The Joint Director of Consolidation, Muzaffarpur. 4.

The Deputy Director of Consolidation, Muzaffarpur. 5.

The Consolidation Officer, Kurhani, Muzaffarpur. 6.

Ranjan Sahu @ Tuna Prasad Sahu, Son of Late Smt. Shivani Devi, Resident of Mohalla - Gudari Road, P.S. Town, District- Muzaffarpur. 7.

Dhiraj Sahu, Son of Late Smt. Shivani Devi, Resident of Mohalla - Gudari Road, P.S. Town, District- Muzaffarpur.

8.

Niraj Sahu, Son of Late Smt. Shivani Devi, Resident of Mohalla - Gudari Road, P.S. Town, District- Muzaffarpur.

9.

Sumanti Devi, Wife of Late Sheo Shankar Singh, No. 9 heir of Petitoner No. 6 of Writ Petition. Resident of Village - Sakari Sariya, P.S. - Turki, District - Muzaffarpur.

10.

Arbind Singh, Son of Late Sheo Shankar Singh, No. 10 heir of petitioner No. 6 of writ petition. Resident of Village - Sakari Sariya, P.S. - Turki, District - Muzaffarpur.

11.

Arun Singh, Son of Late Sheo Shankar Singh, No. 11 heir of petitioner No. 6 of writ petition. Resident of Village - Sakari Sariya, P.S. - Turki, District - Muzaffarpur.

12.

Chandra Bhushan Singh, Son of Late Sheo Shankar Singh No. 12 heir of petitioner No. 6 of writ petition, Resident of Village - Sakari Sariya, P.S. - Turki, District - Muzaffarpur.

13.

Basuki Nath Singh, Son of Late Sheo Shankar Singh, No. 13 heir of petitioner No. 6 of writ petition. Resident of Village - Sakari Sariya, P.S. - Turki, District - Muzaffarpur.

14.

Surya Nandan Singh, No. 14 heir of petitoner No. 1 of writ petition. Resident of Village - Sakari Sariya, P.S. - Turki, District - Muzaffarpur. 15.

Ajay Kumar Maurya, No. 15 heir of petitioner No. 1 of writ petition. Resident of Village - Sakari Sariya, P.S. - Turki, District - Muzaffarpur.

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Braj Kishor Pd. Singh, No. 16 heir of petitioner No. 1 of writ peition. Resident of Village - Sakari Sariya, P.S. - Turki, District - Muzaffarpur. 17.

Raj Kishor Singh, No. 17 heir of Petitioner No. 1 of writ petition. Resident of Village - Sakari Sariya, P.S. - Turki, District - Muzaffarpur. 18.

Vijay Kr. Singh, No. 18 heir of petitioner No. 1 of writ petition, Resident of Village - Sakari Sariya, P.S. - Turki, District - Muzaffarpur. 19.

Bindeshwari Devi, Wife of Late Radhe Singh, Resident of Village and P.O. Kerma, P.S. Maniyari, District - Muzaffarpur. Petitioner No. 2 in writ petition.

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

For the Appellant/s :

Mr. Madhav Roy Mr. Rakesh Kumar Jha Mr. Rabindra Nath Tiwari Mr. Abhishek Kaushik For the Respondent/s :

AG Md. Khursid Alam, AAG 12 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P. B. BAJANTHRI and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S. B. PD. SINGH ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P. B. BAJANTHRI) 08-07-2025 Re : I.A. No. 01 of 2022 Heard I.A. No. 01 of 2022. There is delay of about 5 years 10 months and 2 days in filing the present LPA No. 341 of 2022.

2. Perusal of the interlocutory application filed for condonation of delay, in particularly paragraph Nos. 3 to 8, sufficient cause has not been shown so as to condone the enormous delay. Even assuming that Covid - 19 period is excluded from the month of March, 2020 to February, 2022, still the remaining period is not supported by reasoning read with

4/4 some documents, therefore, it is not appropriate to condone the enormous delay of 5 years 10 months 2 days. Accordingly, I.A. No. 01 of 2022 stands dismissed, resultantly, LPA No. 341 of 2022 is dismissed.

(P. B. Bajanthri, J) (S. B. Pd. Singh, J) GAURAV S./- U