Patna High Court
CWJC/12576/2026 of Nathuni Ram Vs The State of Bihar on 17 August 2026
COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.12576 of 2026 ====================================================== Nathuni Ram Son of Late Budhram @ Late Budhiram Ram, Resident of Village- Bahera, PO-Nasej, PS- Kudra, District- Kaimur at Bhabua. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.12576 of 2026
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Nathuni Ram Son of Late Budhram @ Late Budhiram Ram, Resident of Village- Bahera, PO-Nasej, PS- Kudra, District- Kaimur at Bhabua.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
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The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Revenue and Land reforms Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna.
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The Additional District magistrate, Kaimur, District-Kaimur at Bhabua.
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The Deputy Collector Land Reforms, Mohania, District- Kaimur at Bhabua.
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The Circle Officer, Kudra, district- Kaimur at Bhabua.
5.
Meera Devi Wife of Sri Bahadur Ram, Resident of village- Gajaradh, P.O.
Telari, P.S. Chenari, District- Rohtas at Sasaram.
... ... Respondent/s
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For the Petitioner/s
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Mr. Ashok Kumar Garg, Advocate
Mr. Gajendra Kumar, Singh, Advocate
For the Respondent/s
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Mr. Government Advocate 10
For the NHAI
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Mr. Sanat Kumar Mishra, Advocate
Mr. Shantam Kriti, Advocate
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY
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ORAL ORDER
17-08-2026 Heard the parties
2. The present petition has been preferred for the following relief(s): “(i) for issuance of an appropriate writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari for quashing the order dated 26.05.2026 passed by Hon'ble Chairman, Bihar Land Tribunal, Patna in BLT case No. 1115 of 2025 whereby the Hon'ble Chairman, Bihar Land Tribunal has dismissed the case filed by petitioner at admission stage itself by holing that said BLT case is not maintainable in the light of section 6(12) of the Bihar Land Mutation Act, 2011.
(ii) for issuance of an appropriate writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari for quashing the 10.07.2025 passed by respondent no.2 in Mutation Revision No. 36 of 2024-25, whereby and where under the respondent no.2 has set aside the order dated 15.04.2024 passed by respondent no. 3 in Mutation Appeal no. 580 of 2023-24 by which the respondent no.3 has dismissed the Mutation appeal filed by respondent no.5 and affirmed the order dated 08.08.2023 passed in Mutation Case no. 987R27/2023-24 by respondent no.4 Circle Officer, Kudra, district- Kaimur by which the respondent no.4 has dismissed the Mutation case filed by the respondent no.5.
(iii) for issuance of an appropriate mandamus directing the respondent no.5 to not to interfere in the peaceful physical possession of the petitioner over the land in question during the pendency of present writ petition before this Hon'ble court.
(iv) for grant of any relief as the petitioner would be found entitled to in the facts and circumstances of the case.”
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that though he has no problem in putting up all the facts before the competent Court in Title Suit No. 1096 of 2023, the fact remains that instead of passing a reasoned order, ‘the Tribunal’ should not have incorporated that the case is not maintainable.
4. Learned State counsel submits that in appropriate case, the matter will be presented before ‘the Tribunal’ for an appropriate order.
5. This Court has recorded the grievance of the petitioner and the contention of the State. The petitioner is well advised to fight the battle before the competent Court (Title Suit No. 1096 of 2023).
6. Mr. Garg, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he will be providing some orders of the previous Chairman before the new incumbent so for his perusal and needful.
7. Granting said liberty and with the aforesaid observation, the writ petition stands disposed of.
munindra/- (Rajiv Roy, J) U