Sudhir Kumar Jha v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.7049 of 2016, decided 16-01-2025 by Nawneet Kumar Pandey, J. Writ petition DISPOSED OF (not decided on merits) as infructuous because the pond in question, earlier settled to the petitioner for 2014-15, had been settled to a newly elected society after his dispossession. Challenge was to the District Fisheries Officer's order dated 08.03.2016 (memo no. 1891) finding the petitioner an encroacher and denying that his raiyati land comprised the pond; grievance that the order was passed by the District Fisheries Officer despite the direction in LPA No. 808 of 2008 (order dated 19.08.2009) that the Collector decide. Liberty granted to approach the appropriate authority. Concerns Madhubani district (Ghoghardiha/Phulparas), Bihar. No statute or precedent cited in the order.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of as infructuous; liberty to the petitioner, if so advised, to raise his grievances before the appropriate authority.