Patna High CourtCWJC/25307/2013dismissed

Ram Lakhan Mahto v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

2016-01-08Mr. Justice Birendra Prasad Verma2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.25307 of 2013 With Interlocutory Application No. 2609 of 2015 ====================================================== Ram Lakhan Mahto S/O Late Kokil Mahto, resident oOf Dangi Tola, Rajgir, P.S.- Rajgir, District- Nalanda At Bihar Sharif .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Department of Revenue and Land Reforms, Government of Bihar, Patna

2. The Commissioner, Patna Division, Patna

3. The District Magistrate-Cum-Collector, Nalanda at Bihar Sharif

4. The Additional Collector-Cum-Additional District Magistrate, Nalanda at Bihar Sharif

5. The Sub Divisional Officer, Rajgir, District- Nalanda

6. The Deputy Collector Land Reforms, Rajgir, District- Nalanda

7. The Circle Officer, Rajgir, District- Nalanda

8. Hari Kant Jha S/O Late Mahadeo Jha of Mohalla- Kamruddinganj, Bihar Sharif, Nalanda .... .... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr.

For the Respondent/s : Mr.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BIRENDRA PRASAD VERMA ORAL ORDER 08-01-2016 The petitioner is aggrieved by the order dated 15.07.2013 passed in Mutation Revision Case No. 29 of 2012-13 by the respondent Additional Collector, Nalanda, as contained in Annexure-5, whereby the aforesaid mutation revision case filed on behalf of the respondent no.8 has been allowed and the orders passed by the original authority as also the appellate authority have been set aside and reversed.

In the considered opinion of this Court, against the impugned revisional order, the petitioner has an alternative and equally efficacious remedy before the learned Bihar Land Tribunal, Patna in view of the provisions contained in Section 9 of the Bihar Land Tribunal Act, 2009.

In above view of the matter, the present writ petition

Patna High Court CWJC No.25307 of 2013 (3) dt.08-01-2016 2/2 is dismissed, but liberty is granted to the petitioner to approach the learned Bihar Land Tribunal, Patna for grant of appropriate relief (s) with respect to the lands in question as also with respect to the impugned revisional order dated 15.07.2013, as contained in Annexure-5 to the writ petition. I.A.No. 2609 of 2015 stands, accordingly, disposed of.

(Birendra Prasad Verma, J) Tahir/- U