Kunma Devi v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Mutation rejection appealable - writ disposed without adjudication. Keywords: Circle Officer Barachatti Gaya; Misc. Case No. 1/202425; order dated 20.03.2025 rejecting mutation; certiorari; mandamus; Jamabandi; rent receipt; Land Settlement Parwana No.04 of 1993-94; compensation; 18 decimal land; Road, Anganbari Centre & Passenger Shed; Appellate Authority; disposed of with observation; Patna High Court; Rajiv Roy, J.; Kunma Devi v. State of Bihar; CWJC No.4107 of 2026. Relevance: example of a High Court disposing of a writ petition on the ground that the impugned revenue/mutation order is appealable, redirecting the petitioner to the Appellate Authority with an undertaking of expedient conclusion after hearing all parties.
What did the court decide?
No substantive relief; petition disposed of with the observation that the petitioner shall prefer an appropriate petition before the Appellate Authority, and that if so preferred shortly, it shall be taken to its logical conclusion at the earliest after noticing/hearing all the parties.