Hareram Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Mutation of agricultural land, Bihar; direction to Anchaladhikari/Circle Officer, Jehanabad to accept rent and grant receipts; disposal of pending mutation application dated 7.5.2018 (Annexure-1); prior approach to Sub-Divisional Public Grievance Redresser Officer (filed 20.09.2018, disposed 07.12.2018) with direction to apply online with enquiry report; petitioner conceded no online application filed. Outcome: writ disposed with liberty to file online mutation application before Circle Officer, Jehanabad within four weeks; authority to decide in accordance with law after hearing, expeditiously, uninfluenced by the Court's order. Relevant to practitioners handling mutation/revenue-record matters before Anchaladhikari/Circle Officer in Bihar where a prescribed online-application step remains unexercised.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to the petitioner to file an online application for mutation of the land in question before the Circle Officer, Jehanabad within four weeks; upon such filing, the concerned authority to pass an appropriate order in accordance with law after due opportunity of hearing, expeditiously.