Writ petition sought quashing of a mutation order and a letter including petitioner's land in municipal records. Since a title suit over the same land between the parties was pending before a competent court, the High Court disposed of the petition observing that the parties should resolve the dispute there.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.4355 of 2017
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Firdaus Ahmad Son of Late Sharafat Hussain, resident of Village- Singahi Kala, P.O.- Ara, P.S.- Ara Town, District- Bhojpur.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
... ... Respondent/s
====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Bibhakar Tiwary, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Mr.Dhurjati Kumar Prasad, G.P.-14 For the Corporation : Mr. Madan Mohan, Advocate Mr. Ritiv Shah, Advocate ======================================================
CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER
6 18-11-2025 Heard the parties.
following relief/s:
(i) to issue an appropriate writ, preferably in the commanding nature of mandamus upon the respondent authorities particularly the Circle Officer, Ara Sadar, to produce the final order passed in Mutation case no.1/2015-16 and upon production to
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quash/set aside the said order;
(ii) to issue an appropriate writ, preferably in the nature of certiorari to set aside the part of the letter no. 933, dated 12.05.2016 (annexure-5) in which the land of the petitioner appertaining to Thana No. 247, old plot no. 229 and 231 has been included; (iii) to hold and declare that the land appertaining to Thana No.247, Khata no. 65, Plot No.229 and 231 is the old Khatiyani ancestral land of the petitioner;
(iv) to grant any other relief(s), for which the petitioner may be found entitled to in the facts and circumstances of the case,
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pending before an competent Court, in that background, it would be appropriate that the parties resolved the dispute before that Court.
observation.
(Rajiv Roy, J)
Ravi/-
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1 issue framed by the court
Should the mutation order and revenue letter concerning the petitioner's land be quashed while a title suit over the same land is pending before a competent court?
Firdaus Ahmad
The State Of Bihar
The Principal Secretary, Department of Revenue and Land Reforms, Government of Bihar, Patna
The Principal Secretary, Urban Development Department, Government of Bihar, Patna
The District Magistrate, Bhojpur at Ara
The Municipal Commissioner, Ara Municipal Corporation
Rajiv Roy
As recorded by the court registry
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