Ram Naresh Singh v. The State of Bihar

Patna HC1 Dec 2025CWJC/4835/2025

Case brief

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What is this about?

CWJC No. 4835 of 2025; Patna High Court; Public Interest Litigation; Additional Primary Health Centre; donated land; registered gift deed No. 6381 dated 19/05/1988; 1 Acre 5 Decimal; Mauza Dewra; PS Kutumba (now Amba); District Aurangabad; Circle Officer recommendation of Plot No. 928; direction to make fresh representation before District Magistrate, Aurangabad; decision preferably within four weeks; writ petition disposed of; Sudhir Singh ACJ; Rajesh Kumar Verma J; 01-12-2025.

What did the court decide?

Petitioner directed to make a fresh representation before the District Magistrate, Aurangabad (Respondent No. 3), who shall consider the grievance and pass an appropriate order in accordance with law, preferably within four weeks of receipt/production of the order; pending application(s), if any, also stand disposed of. ¶26-27

Ram Naresh Singh Vs The State of Bihar — Patna HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether directions should issue to the respondent authorities to construct the building of the Additional Primary Health Centre on the land donated by the villagers (1 Acre 5 Decimal, Mauza Dewra) under gift deed No. 6381 dated 19/05/1988, and whether the Circle Officer, Kutumba should reconsider and make a fresh recommendation

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Court's answer

Petitioner is directed to make a fresh representation before the District Magistrate, Aurangabad (Respondent No. 3).

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Ratio / Principle

The District Magistrate, Aurangabad shall consider the petitioner's grievance and pass an appropriate order in accordance with law, preferably within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt/production of the order.

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Key takeaways

The writ petition stands disposed of with the aforesaid observations; pending application(s), if any, shall also stand disposed of.ratio¶26-27

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Patna High Court (order dated 01-12-2025, per Sudhir Singh, ACJ, on the Bench of the Acting Chief Justice and Rajesh Kumar Verma, J.) disposed of a Public Interest Litigation, CWJC No. 4835 of 2025, in which the petitioner sought directions to construct the building of an Additional Primary Health Centre on land measuring 1 Acre 5 Decimal in Mauza Dewra, PS Kutumba (now Amba), District Aurangabad, donated by the Dewara Tole villagers under registered gift deed No. 6381 dated 19/05/1988 for a 6-bed hospital, the Circle Officer, Kutumba having recommended Plot No. 928 of the same Mauza instead, without verification. Without deciding the grievance on merits, the Court directed the petitioner to make a fresh representation before the District Magistrate, Aurangabad (Respondent No. 3), who was directed to consider it and pass an appropriate order in accordance with law, preferably within four weeks of receipt/production of the order; pending applications also stood disposed of.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.4835 of 2025

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Ram Naresh Singh son of Late Kamta Singh, resident of Dewra Tola, VillageBadka Gawn, Post- Parta, PS Amba, District Aurangabad, Bihar

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... ... Petitioner

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Versus

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The State of Bihar through the Additional Chief Secretary, Health Department, Government of Bihar, Patna.

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The Director-in-Chief, Health Department, Government of Bihar, Patna.

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The District Magistrate, Aurangabad, District, Aurangabad, Bihar.

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The Deputy Development Commissioner, Aurangabad District- Aurangabad, Bihar.

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The Civil Surgeon cum Member Secretary, District Health Society, Aurangabad, District- Aurangabad, Bihar.

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The Deputy Collector of Land Reforms, Aurangabad District- Aurangabad, Bihar.

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The In-charge Medical Officer, Primary Health Centre, Kutumba, DistrictAurangabad, Bihar.

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The Circle Officer, Kutumba, District- Aurangabad, Bihar.

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... ... Respondents

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====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner : Mr. Pramendra Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Respondents : Mr. Yugal Kishore, Advocate Ms. Rupa Kumari, Advocate For the State : Mr. AC to AG ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR VERMA ORAL ORDER

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(Per: HONOURABLE THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE)

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5 01-12-2025 Following is the relief sought for in the present writ

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application:-

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“1. This petition is a Public Interest

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Patna High Court CWJC No.4835 of 2025(5) dt.01-12-2025 2/3

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Litigation, seeking directions from this Hon'ble Court to the respondent authorities to construct the building of the Additional Primary Health Centre on the land, measuring an area of 1 Acre 5 Decimal situated in Mauza- Dewra, PS- Kutumba (now Amba) District- Aurangabad, donated by the Dewara Tole villagers, with a registered gift deed No.- 6381 dated 19/05/1988, for that purpose, on the request of the then Hon'ble Health Minister, Bihar, for the construction of a 6-bed hospital in Dewra Tola, village Badkagaon, PS-Kutumba (now Amba), District Aurangabad. However, the Circle Officer of Kutumba, without verifying this fact, recommended the other plot bearing Plot No.- 928 of the same Mauza for the construction of the building of the Additional Primary Health Centre.

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Further prayer is sought for direction upon the Circle Officer, Kutumba, to reconsider and make a fresh recommendation for construction of building of the Additional Primary Health Centre over the land donated by the villagers for that purpose in 1988, at the request of the then Health Minister.”

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Upon perusal of the records and considering the nature of grievance raised, petitioner is directed to make a fresh representation before the District Magistrate, Aurangabad (Respondent No. 3), who shall consider the petitioner’s grievance and pass an appropriate order in accordance with law, preferably within a period of four weeks’ from the date of receipt/production of this order.

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Patna High Court CWJC No.4835 of 2025(5) dt.01-12-2025 3/3

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