Raj Kumar Prasad @ Raj Kumar Prasad Sah v. The State of Bihar and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
CWJC No.5030 of 2019, Patna High Court, decided 21-03-2025 by Sunil Dutta Mishra, J.; bataidari dispute, Madhubani (Laukahi/Jhauri villages); petitioner challenged order dated 3.05.2018 of Deputy Collector, Land Reforms, Fulpras in Bataidari Appeal No.1 of 2016-17 declaring Respondent Nos. 8-29 bataidar; reliefs sought: certiorari to quash order, mandamus to cancel Bataidari Parcha, mandamus to release lands; writ petition filed 12.03.2019; disposed of with liberty to file appeal before authority concerned/Collector, Madhubani; appeal to be decided expeditiously if filed within four weeks; condonation of delay to be considered; no statute or precedent cited; merits not adjudicated.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to the petitioner to file an appropriate appeal before the authority concerned/Collector, Madhubani; on filing of the appeal within four weeks the authority concerned to decide it expeditiously and to consider condoning the delay. The substantive reliefs (quashing of the bataidari order, cancellation of Bataidari Parcha, release of lands) were not adjudicated.