Om Prakash Sinha v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Bihar rent fixation litigation; writ of certiorari sought against remand portion of Collector, Patna order dated 09.09.2023 in Rent Fixation Appeal Case No. 2/2003-04; underlying Rent Fixation Case No. 07 of 1990-91 before DCLR, Danapur (order dated 26.12.1990); petitioners' claim to half share (11 decimal) inherited from Saraswati Devi; land at Khata No. 157, Khesra/Plot Nos. 813 & 1372, Tauzi No. 2582, Thana No. 49, Mauza Bihta, District Patna; apprehension of bias against DCLR rejected as ground for interference; time-bound completion directed (three months); writ petition disposed of, not allowed; private respondents 5-10 unrepresented; single-judge bench of Rajiv Roy, J.; no statute or precedent cited.
What did the court decide?
Certiorari refused; the Collector, Patna's remand order dated 09.09.2023 left intact. Writ petition disposed of with a direction that, if still pending, the Deputy Collector Land Reforms, Danapur shall hear the parties, peruse the record and take Rent Fixation Case No. 07 of 1990-91 to its logical conclusion in accordance with law, preferably within three months of the petitioners submitting a copy of the order.