Awadhesh Mandal v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Land-records correction matter, Bhagalpur (Bihar): writ of mandamus for correction of current Revisional Survey Khatiyan on the basis of kramik/cadastral khatiyan entry in ancestors' names; alleged wrongful entry of petitioners' land in favour of other persons; petition disposed of without adjudication, granting liberty to approach the District Land Settlement Officer, Bhagalpur (respondent no. 5) within four weeks, with a direction that the Officer decide in accordance with law preferably within four months; State represented by AAG-5 raised no objection; single-judge bench of Rajiv Roy, J.; relevant for practitioners tracking survey/revisional-khatiyan correction remedies before settlement authorities and disposal-with-liberty orders in writ jurisdiction.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to the petitioners to approach the District Land Settlement Officer, Bhagalpur (respondent no. 5) within four weeks; that Officer to look into the matter and pass an appropriate order in accordance with law, preferably within four months thereafter.