Tafjul Hussain v. the State of Jharkhand, through the Secretary, Department of Revenue and Land Reforms, Ranchi
Case brief
What is this about?
L.P.A. No.327 of 2025 and L.P.A. No.253 of 2025, High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi, decided 08.12.2025 by Sujit Narayan Prasad and Arun Kumar Rai, JJ. Appellant Taffazul Hussain (Tafjul Hussain) against State of Jharkhand revenue authorities (Deputy Commissioner, Land Reforms Deputy Collector, Circle Officer, Hazaribagh) and private respondents including Jagmohan Prasad and newly added parties (Badal Agarwal, Harendra Kumar, Abdul Latif, Inderdeo Prasad, Keshar Lal, Gautam Govinda Sanehy, Manohar Prasad, Sukhdeo Prasad). Condonation of 291 days' delay under Section 5 of the Limitation Act (I.A. No.6190 of 2025 allowed); appeals permitted to be withdrawn with liberty to seek declaration of title over disputed land at Hazaribagh before the appropriate forum, raising all points; pending IAs disposed of. No merits decision; no case law cited.
What did the court decide?
Both appeals disposed of on withdrawal, with liberty to the appellant to ventilate his grievance before the appropriate forum for getting a declaration over the title of the disputed land by raising all points; delay of 291 days condoned (I.A. No.6190 of 2025 allowed); pending interlocutory applications disposed of.