Patna High Court
CWJC/6763/2024 of Jagdish Bhagat Vs The State of Bihar on 18 August 2026
COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.6763 of 2024 ====================================================== Jagdish Bhagat S/o Late Ayodhya Bhagat, R/o Mohalla Ward No. 08, Simarbani, P.S. Bhargama, District- Araria ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar Through
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.6763 of 2024
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Jagdish Bhagat S/o Late Ayodhya Bhagat, R/o Mohalla Ward No. 08, Simarbani, P.S. Bhargama, District- Araria
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
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The State of Bihar Through the Principal Secretary, Revenue and Land Reforms Department, Government of Bihar, Patna.
2.
The Collector, District- Araria
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The Additional District Collector, District- Araria
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The Deputy Collector Land Reforms, Forbisganj, District-Araria
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Govind Mandal, S/o Late Gajanand Mandal, R/o Village- Simarbani, Ward No. 5, P.O. Simarbani, P.S. Bhargama, District- Araria
... ... Respondent/s
Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s
:
Mr. Ashok Kumar Garg, Advocate
For the Respondent/s
:
Mr. Government Pleader (17)
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY
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ORAL ORDER
18-08-2026 Heard the parties.
2. The present petition has been preferred for the following relief(s): “A. For issuance of an appropriate writ(s), order(s), direction(s) including writ in nature of certiorari quashing the notice issued by the Additional Collector, Araria against the Petitioner for quashing the Jamabandi No. 1113 standing in the name of the Petitioner and the vendor for several decades on misconceived petition at the instance of the private Respondent, Patna High Court CWJC No.6763 of 2024(2) dt.18-08-2026
pertaining to Jamabandi Cancelation Case No.176 of 2023-24. B. For issuance of an appropriate writ(s), order(s), direction(s) declaring that Section 16(3) of the Bihar Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling Area and Acquisition of Surplus Land) Act, 1961 stands deleted by virtue of Amendment Act, 2016 and affirmed by the division bench of this Hon'ble court on 13/10/2023 in CWJC No. 15060/2019, the preceptor private respondent has no basis to claim the land in question on any ground whatsoever, C. For issuance of an appropriate writ(s), order(s), direction(s) commanding the Respondent not to interfere with the right, title, interest or jamabandi of the Petitioner over the land in question under any pretext whatsoever, D. For issuance of an appropriate writ(s), order(s), direction(s) to forbear from taking any steps defeating or frustrating the purport of the Amendment Act deleting section 16(3) from the statute which has already been held to be intra Patna High Court CWJC No.6763 of 2024(2) dt.18-08-2026
vires by this Hon'ble court, E. And/or for issuance of any other order(s)/direction(s) for which Petitioner may be found entitled to in the facts and circumstances of the case and to award cost/ incidence of this proceeding to the Petitioner.”
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner prays for withdrawal of the present writ petition.
4. Permission accorded.
5. Accordingly, the present writ petition stands dismissed as withdrawn.
Adnan/- (Rajiv Roy, J) U