Ashok Kumar Singh Vs The State of Bihar — Patna HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

Ashok Kumar Singh Vs The State of Bihar — Patna HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Direction to Respondent No. 6 (District Magistrate-cum-Collector, Aurangabad) to dispose of the petitioner's representation dated 06.03.2025 in accordance with law after hearing all the concerned; writ petition disposed of with the aforesaid direction/liberty.

Issue for consideration

Whether the notification no. 11/Navi/gadhan-04/2025 481 dt. 03.03.25 (draft order for inclusion of Village Sarsauli under Gram Panchayat Sasrsauli, Block- Obra, P.S- Jamhor, Dist. Aurangabad) should be quashed and the operation of notification no. 4/25 stayed (relief as prayed; not adjudicated on merits by this Court). +1 more

Ratio / Principle

Respondent No. 6 (District Magistrate-cum-Collector, Aurangabad) is directed to dispose of the petitioner's representation dated 06.03.2025 in accordance with law after hearing all the concerned.

Key takeaways

With the aforesaid direction/liberty, the writ petition stands disposed of.ratio¶¶34

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Patna High Court (Rajesh Kumar Verma, J.), Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.5583 of 2025, Ashok Kumar Singh v. The State of Bihar & others, decided 07-04-2025. The petitioner had sought quashing of notification no. 11/Navi/gadhan-04/2025 481 dt. 03.03.25, issued under the signature of the Secretary, Urban Development and Housing Deptt., Govt. of Bihar, described as a draft order for inclusion of Village Sarsauli under Gram Panchayat Sasrsauli, Block- Obra, P.S- Jamhor, Dist. Aurangabad, together with a stay of the operation of notification no. 4/25 till disposal of the case. On the submission of learned counsel for the petitioner, the Court did not enter into the merits: it directed the District Magistrate-cum-Collector, Aurangabad (Respondent No. 6) to dispose of the petitioner's representation dated 06.03.2025 in accordance with law after hearing all the concerned, and with the aforesaid direction/liberty disposed of the writ petition. No statutory provision or precedent was cited or discussed.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.5583 of 2025

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Ashok Kumar Singh Son of Late Vijay Singh, Resident of Village- Gokhul Bigha, P.O- Sarsauli, P.S- Jamhour, District- Aurangabad (Bihar).

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar.

Principal Secretary, Rural Development, Govt. of Bihar, Patna.

Principal Secretary, Nagar Vikas and Housing Development, Govt. of Bihar, Patna.

Director, Panchayati Raj, Govt. of Bihar, Patna.

Divisional Commissioner, Magadh Division, Gaya.

District Magistrate -cum- Collector, Aurangabad.

Deputy Development Commissioner, Aurangabad.

Sub-Divisional Officer, Daudnagar, District- Aurangabad.

Anchal Adhikari, Obra, P.S and Anchal- Obra, District- Aurangabad.

... ... Respondent/s

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Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Arun Kumar, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Mr. Government Advocate (10)

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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR VERMA ORAL ORDER

2 07-04-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned

counsel appearing on behalf of the State.

The present writ petition has been filed for the

following reliefs :-

a. To quash the notification no. 11/Navi/gadhan-04/2025 481 dt. 03.03.25, issued under the signature of secretary urban Development and Housing Deptt. Govt. of Bihar, Patna by which a draft order has been issued for inclusion of VillageSarsauli under Gram Panchayat Sasrsauli, Block- Obra, P.S- Jamhor, Dist. Aurangabad with a further prayer to stay the operation of notification no. 4/25 till

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disposal of this case.

b. To pass any such other order or order as this Hon’ble Court thinks fit & proper.

Learned counsel for the petitioner outrighlty

submits that this writ petition may be disposed of with direction to the District Magistrate-cum-Collector, Aurangabad (Respondent No. 6) to dispose of the representation of the petitioner dated 06.03.2025.

In view of the aforesaid, the Respondent No. 6 is directed to dispose of the representation of the petitioner dated 06.03.2025 in accordance with law after hearing all the concerned.

With the aforesaid direction/liberty, the present writ petition stands disposed of.

(Rajesh Kumar Verma, J)

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