Jaynandan Singh v. The State Of Bihar and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court CWJC No.8400 of 2017, decided 08-04-2025 by G. Anupama Chakravarthy, J. Petitioner Jaynandan Singh (Vaishali) challenged Certificate Case No. 193/2014-15 and notice (Annexure-4) issued U/S 7 of the Public Demand and Recovery Act by the Certificate Officer-cum-Additional Collector, Vaishali (respondent No. 5). Writ disposed of without deciding merits: liberty to file objections under Section 9 of the Bihar and Orissa Public Demands Recovery Act, 1914 within four weeks; Certificate Officer to adjudicate under Section 10 after hearing, preferably within eight weeks; interim protection - no coercive steps till final order. Counsel: Kunwar Ajit Singh for petitioner; Kumar Alok (SC 7) for respondents. Keywords: certificate case, public demands recovery, Section 9 objections, Section 10 orders, coercive steps, Panchayati Raj, Vaishali.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of without going into merits: liberty granted to the petitioner to file objections under Section 9 of the Bihar and Orissa Public Demands Recovery Act, 1914 before Respondent No. 5 (the Certificate Officer) within four weeks; the authority to pass necessary orders under Section 10 taking the objections into account, after giving the petitioner an opportunity of hearing and communicating the order, completing the exercise preferably within eight weeks of filing of the objections; no coercive steps against the petitioner till the final order of the Certificate Officer; interlocutory application(s), if any, stand disposed of.