Gagan Deo Ram and Ors. v. The State of Bihar and Ors.
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Patna High Court; CWJC/Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.5995 of 2019; decided 20-03-2025 by Justice Sunil Dutta Mishra (oral order). Subject: land dispute / allotment of land to landless persons in Saraiya, Muzaffarpur; prayer to quash Deputy Collector Land Reforms (West Muzaffarpur) order dated 16.11.2018 in Land Dispute Case No.9 of 2016-17 by certiorari and to obtain possession of allotted lands. Parties: 11 petitioners (Gagan Deo Ram, Maheshwar/Raghu/Sukdeo/Saryug Paswan, Naina Devi, Ram Ishwar Ram, Baldev Sah, Ramashish Ram, Prabha Devi, Bengali Ram) vs State of Bihar (District Magistrate, Deputy Collector Land Reforms, C.O. Saraiya) and Kaushal Kishore, Dr. Raghvendra Pd., Rupesh Kr., Prabhat Kr., Jitendra Kishore and Barunesh Kumar Singh. Counsel: Amit Anand (petitioners); Sajid Salim Khan SC-25 (respondents); Shekhar Singh Sr. Advocate and Sumit Kumar (Res. No.5). Outcome: disposed of with liberty to file appeal before the competent authority, on consent of both sides; merits not decided; no statutes, precedents or money amounts involved.