Umesh Singh @ Umesh Prasad Singh and Anr. v. The State Of Bihar and Ors.
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Patna High Court, CWJC No. 2086 of 2017, decided 08-04-2025 by Justice Nawneet Kumar Pandey. Petitioners: Umesh Singh @ Umesh Prasad Singh and Rama Singh @ Rama Nand Singh (counsel: Suman Kumar Singh); Respondents: State of Bihar, Director (Consolidation) Patna, Deputy Director Consolidation Vaishali, Consolidation Officer Sahadai Buzurg/Desari, and Vinay Kumar Singh (State counsel: Manoj Kumar Sinha). Subject: challenge to ex-parte Director (Consolidation) order dt. 04.07.2011 in Consolidation Revision Case No. 82 of 2009 directing recording of R.S. Khata No. 06, Plot No. 27 (Desari, Vaishali) in the name of Deities. Outcome: petition disposed of with liberty to pursue statutory remedy under Section 9, Bihar Land Tribunal Act, 2009 before the Bihar Land Tribunal; such application to be heard on merit. Keywords: consolidation revision, ex-parte order, Bihar Land Tribunal, statutory remedy, alternative remedy, Vaishali.