Krityanand Mahto and Ors. v. The State Of Bihar and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
CWJC No.7538 of 2017, Patna High Court, decided 15-04-2025 by Rajiv Roy, J. Petitioners Krityanand Mahto, Rani Kumari, Jagdish Prasad Mahto and Ashok Kumar Mahto v. State of Bihar, Collector/Additional Collector/Deputy Collector Land Reforms/Circle Officer of Purnea (Kasba Circle) and Araria (Raniganj Circle), and private respondents Abhay Kumar Mahto, Sushila Devi and Kishore Mahto. Subject: land ceiling case No.20 of 74-75/33 of 81-82; challenge to order dt. 10/08/1983 of Deputy Collector, Land Reforms, Purnea Sadar (Annexure-6 series); prayers for quashing to the extent relating to petitioners and for separate units or exclusion from ceiling proceedings. Disposition: petition permitted to be withdrawn with liberty to raise all points before an appropriate forum; writ petition disposed of. No merits holding; no statute or precedent cited.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to withdraw the writ petition and to raise all the points before an appropriate forum.