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MD Safder Imam v. the State of Jharkhand

Jharkhand HC20 Jun 2025WPC/1069/2022

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What is this about?

Register-II correction of names/heirs; online computer entry; LRDC Gumla; Circle Officer Ghaghra; Misc. Case No. 38 of 2023; Misc. Case No. 02/2022-23; interpolations in land records; Khata No. 26, plot Nos. 181, 294, 370, 301, 440, 535; village Goya, Thana Ghaghra, Halka No. 10, District Gumla; Afjal Bibi; Mahmooda Bibi; Article 226 Constitution of India; W.P. (C) No. 1069 of 2022; Jharkhand High Court Ranchi; Justice Gautam Kumar Choudhary; order dated 20.06.2025; writ disposed with direction to decide within six weeks.

What did the court decide?

Direction to the LRDC, Gumla (respondent no. 3) to pass necessary order in Misc. Case No. 38 of 2023 within six weeks from receipt/production of a copy of the order; writ petition and pending I.A., if any, disposed of. ¶21

MD Safder Imam Vs the State of Jharkhand — Writ and Judicial Review | Jharkhand HC (2025)

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Issue for consideration

Whether the LRDC, Gumla (respondent no. 3) ought to be directed to pass necessary orders in Misc. Case No. 38 of 2023, pending on the Circle Officer, Ghaghra's reference in Misc. Case No. 02/2022-23, for correction of Register-II entries.

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Court's answer

The LRDC, Gumla (respondent no. 3) is directed to pass necessary order in Misc. Case No. 38 of 2023, in the matter pending before it on the representation of the Circle Officer, Ghaghra in Misc. Case No. 02/2022-23, within six weeks from receipt/production of a copy of the order.

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Ratio / Principle

The writ petition stands disposed of in terms of the direction to the LRDC, Gumla, and any pending interlocutory application also stands disposed of.

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Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Jharkhand High Court (Gautam Kumar Choudhary, J.; order dated 20.06.2025) disposed of a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking correction of the online computer entry in Register-II in respect of the petitioners' names and other heirs for lands of Khata No. 26 (plot Nos. 181, 294, 370, 301, 440 and 535 - total 5.38 acres), village Goya, Thana Ghaghra, Halka No. 10, District Gumla. The petitioners' applications to the Circle Officer, Ghaghra (Annexure-3 to 5) were disposed of on 05.01.2023 in Misc. Case No. 02/2022-23 with a note that there had been interpolations in Register-II, and the matter was sent to the LRDC, Gumla for correction in the names of Afjal Bibi and Mahmooda Bibi, but remained pending there. Holding that the LRDC, Gumla should act, the Court directed it to pass necessary orders in Misc. Case No. 38 of 2023 within six weeks of receipt/production of a copy of the order, and disposed of the writ petition along with any pending I.A.

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2025:JHHC:16363

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI W.P. (C) No. 1069 of 2022

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Md. Safder Imam, S/o Late Ali Imam, R/o Bariatu Basti, Near Bariatu Mosque, P.O. & P.S. Bariatu, District-Ranchi (Jharkhand)

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Md. Fazal Imam Khan, S/o Late Ismail Khan, R/o Bariatu Basti, P.O. & P.S. Bariatu, District-Ranchi (Jharkhand)

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Md. Tabrez Akhtar, S/o Late Mohammad Raza, R/o Bariatu Basti, P.O.Bariatu, P.S.-Bariatu, District-Ranchi, (Jharkhand)

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..... .... Petitioners

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Versus

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The State of Jharkhand

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The Deputy Commissioner, Gumla, P.O., P.S. & District-Gumla 3. L.R.D.C., Gumla, P.O., P.S. & District-Gumla

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The Circle Officer, Ghaghra, P.O. & P.S.-Ghaghra, District-Gumla

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… …. Respondents

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CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GAUTAM KUMAR CHOUDHARY

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For the Petitioners : Mr. Shahid Khan, Advocate Md. Shahabuddin, Advocate For the Respondents-State : Mr. Sahbaj Akhtar, AC to AAG-III ------

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Order No. 07 / Dated : 20.06.2025.

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The instant writ petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for correction in the online computer entry made in respect of petitioners’ names and other heirs in Register-II with respect to the lands of Khata No. 26 plot No.181 (area-3.13 acres), plot No.294 (area- 12 decimal), plot No. 370 (area-1 decimal) plot No. 301 (area-07 decimal), plot No. 440 (area-0.19 acre), plot No. 535 (area-86 decimal) – Total 5.38 acres of land, villageGoya, Thana-Ghaghra, Halka No.10, District-Gumla.

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The petitioners had submitted an application for making necessary correction in Register-II to the Circle Officer, Ghaghra, District Gumla on different dates (Annexure-3 to 5) which was pending at the time of preferring the instant writ petition.

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It is now further pleaded by the petitioners in the supplementary affidavit that the representations have been disposed of by the Circle Officer, Ghaghra, Gumla on 05.01.2023 in Misc. Case No. 02/2022-23 noting that there had been interpolations in Register-II and the matter was sent to the LRDC, Gumla for making necessary correction in Register-II in the name of the Afjal Bibi and Mahmooda Bibi.

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It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the matter is still pending with the LRDC, Gumla.

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In the circumstance, the LRDC, Gumla (respondent no. 3) is directed to pass necessary order in Misc. Case No. 38 of 2023 in the matter pending before it on the representation of the Circle Officer, Ghaghra in Misc. Case No. 02/2022-23 within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order.

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This writ petition, accordingly stands disposed of.

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Pending I.A., if any, also stands disposed of.

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(Gautam Kumar Choudhary, J . )

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