IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.3288 of 2008
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1. Ashish Anand, son of Shri Mahendra Prasad Mandal
2. Jayant Kumar Bhushan, son of Late Sadanand Mandal
3. Om Prakash Roy, son of Shri Parmanand Mandal,
All resident of village Bade Hasanpur, post Sinhnana, Police Station
Jagdishpur, District Bhagalpur
.... .... Petitioner/s
Versus
1. The State Of Bihar
2. The District Magistrate, Bhagalpur
3. The director, Consolidation, Bhagalpur
4. The Consolidation Officer, Bhagalpur
5. The additional Consolidation Officer, Bhagalpur
6. The Sub Divisional Officer, Bhagalpur
7. The Block Development Officer, Jagdishpur, Bhagalpur
8. The Circle Inspector, Jagdishpur, Bhagalpur
9. The Halka Karamchari, Jagdishpur Block, Bhagalpur
10. The Mukhiya, Gram Panchayat, Bhawanipur, Deshir, Jagdishpur,
Bhagalpur
11. The Gram Sevak, Gram Panchayat Bhawanipur Deshri, Jagdishpur,
Bhagalpur
.... .... Respondent/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Surya Prakash
Mr. Ratnakar Ambastha
Mr. Rajendra Pd.Sah
For the Respondent/s : Mr. (Sc2)
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CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SHEEMA ALI KHAN
ORAL ORDER
(Per: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SHEEMA ALI KHAN)
3 18-10-2011 The petitioners claim that they are DHANUK by
caste, which would be apparent from the survey entry whereas in
the chakbandi survey khatiyan, the name of their ancestors
Fakiran Mandal, Mallu @ Mantu Mandal, Rooplal Mandal and
Narayan Mandal have been shown to be Kurmi, Koiri, Desbar
Kurmi in place of Dhanuk. It is submitted that an application has
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been filed on behalf of the petitioners before the District
Magistrate, Bhagalpur for grant of caste certificate.
The petitioners are directed to pursue this matter
before the District Magistrate, Bhagalpur who shall pass an
appropriate order after looking into the records of the survey
entry and cadastral entry within a period of four months from the
date of receipt/production of a copy of this order.
This writ application is disposed of with the aforesaid
observations.
(Sheema Ali Khan, J)
Prabhakar Anand/-