Pramod Kumar Gupta v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Time-bound disposal of a stalled jamabandi application: Patna High Court directed the Circle Officer, Patna Sadar to decide the petitioner's pending application (No. 252839282881185, filed 08.09.2025) seeking incorporation of his name in jamabandi/raiyati records, digitisation on Parimarjan Plus/Bihar Bhumi, reconstruction of Jamabandi No. 6, Mauza Kajiapur (Plots 1776-1779) and issuance of rent receipts, within thirty days, failing which contempt proceedings may be sought; Court censured the revenue official for sitting over the file; writ petition disposed (Rajiv Roy, J, 19-02-2026). Themes: jamabandi reconstruction; raiyati rights; digitisation of land records; revenue officer disposal time limit; administrative inaction; writ remedy.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with the observation that the Circle Officer, Patna Sadar must dispose of the petitioner's pending application within thirty days, failing which the petitioner may seek initiation of contempt proceedings; the order was passed in the presence of learned State counsel, who undertook to inform the Circle Officer, Sadar, Patna the same day.