Islam Khan @ Mohammad Islam Khan v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, CWJC/Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 2171 of 2024, decided 25-11-2024 by Mohit Kumar Shah, J (oral order). Petitioners Islam Khan @ Mohammad Islam Khan and Sanjed Khan @ Mohammad Sanjed Khan (Tilauthu, Rohtas) vs State of Bihar (Revenue and Land Reforms), Collector/Addl. Collector Rohtas, Public Complain Redressal Officer Dehri, Anchal Adhikari Tilauthu. Subject: settlement of land in question and disposal of pending Encroachment Appeal Case No. 5 of 2021 before Collector, Rohtas. Result: writ petition disposed of with direction to Collector to dispose of the pending encroachment appeal, if still pending, by reasoned and speaking order in accordance with law within six weeks. No statutes or case precedents cited; no monetary amounts involved.
What did the court decide?
Direction to the Collector, Rohtas to dispose of Encroachment Appeal Case No. 5 of 2021, if still pending, by a reasoned and speaking order in accordance with law within six weeks of receipt/production of a copy of the order; the writ petition stood disposed of on these terms.