Hiralal Mandal v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Land-records correction writ (Patna High Court CWJC No. 4434 of 2025, decided 24-03-2025 by Justice Nawneet Kumar Pandey): mandamus sought against the District Land Settlement Officer, Bhagalpur to rectify the current Revisional Survey Khatiyan, said to wrongly enter the petitioners' land in the names of other persons contrary to the Kramik/cadastral khatiyan recording it in the ancestors' names; petition disposed of with liberty to move the Circle Officer, Ismailepur (respondent No. 9) by proper application within four weeks, with a direction that such application be disposed of within twelve weeks of filing. Keywords: revisional survey khatiyan, kramik khatiyan, cadastral khatiyan, land records correction, Bhagalpur, Naugachia, Ismailepur, Circle Officer, disposed with liberty.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to the petitioner to file a proper application within four weeks; if filed within the stipulated period, the application to be disposed of within twelve weeks from the date of filing.