Pawan Devi v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Bihar Land Ceiling Act section 16(3); per-emption; abatement of land ceiling proceeding upon gazette notification dated 25.02.2019; return/refund of amount deposited by claimant; Bihar Land Tribunal, B.LT. Case No. 671 of 2022; Area Ceiling Appeal No. 55/2008, Divisional Commissioner Saharsa; Land Ceiling Appeal No. 38/2012, Collector Supaul; Land Ceiling Case No. 15/2011-12; D.C.L.R. Supaul sale-deed; delay condonation; writ petition disposed of, quashing not granted; Supaul; Saharsa; Patna High Court CWJC.
What did the court decide?
Delay in filing condoned; writ petition disposed of on the observations that the land ceiling proceeding already stands abated (per-emption, gazette notification dated 25.02.2019, section 16(3) of the Bihar Land Ceiling Act) and that any amount deposited by the petitioner is to be returned; none of the impugned orders was expressly quashed and no sale-deed direction was issued.