Kamli Devi and Ors. v. The State Of Bihar and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: Bhoodan; Bihar Bhoodan Yagana Committee; Bhudan Yagya Committee; donation certificate; cancellation of donation certificate; double donation; land acquisition; compensation deposited in court; donees; substitution of legal representatives; heirs; I.A. 02/2023; I.A. 03/2025; NTPC Kahalgaon; Bhagalpur; Pirpainti; Patna High Court; CWJC No.14966 of 2014; CWJC No. 21648 of 2019; Justice Nawneet Kumar Pandey. Disposition: writ applications disposed of with a four-month direction to the Committee to decide the validity/genuineness of the donation certificates; no adjudication on entitlement to the deposited compensation.
What did the court decide?
Heirs of deceased petitioner nos. 1 and 2 substituted on record (I.A.No.02/2023 and I.A.No.03/2025 allowed); writ applications disposed of with a direction to the concerned Committee to take a final decision on the validity/genuineness of the certificates granted to the petitioners within four months from the date of communication of the order.