IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CWJC NO.16437 OF 2010
ABDUL KUDDUS, SON OF MD. JUHI, RESIDENT OF MOUZA SAPTA, POLICE
STATION/ANCHAL RAHIKA, WARD NO. 10 (OLD), NEW WARD NO. 12,
DISTRICT MADHUBANI ........................................................PETITIONER
VERSUS
1. THE STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY,
REVENUE AND LAND REFORMS DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT OF
BIHAR, PATNA
2. THE COLLECTOR, MADHUBANI
3. THE DEPUTY COLLECTOR LAND REFORMS, SADAR MADHUBANI,
DISTRICT MADHUBANI
4. THE CIRCLE OFFICER, RAHIKA, DISTRICT MADHUBANI
5. SUISHIL KUMAR MAHTHA, SON OF LATE ANANT PRASAD MAHATHA,
RESIDENT OF GANDHI CHOWK BALUA, WARD NO. 10 (OLD), NEW
WARD NO. 12, POLICE STATION MADHUBANI, DISTRICT MADHUBANI
...............................................................................RESPONDENTS
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2 12/10/2010 Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that
he has filed an intervention application in a proceeding
under Section 4 G of the Bihar Land Reforms Act with
respect to mouza Sapta, Khata No. 213, Plot No. 3083,
measuring 2 bighas 1 katha and 09 dhurs.
The concerned authority i.e. the Land Reforms
Deputy Collector, Madhubani should consider the
intervention application as well as the show cause and if
it is found that the petitioner has prima facie claim to the
lands in question, he should be heard by the Land
Reforms Deputy Collector before any final order is passed
under Section 4 G of the Bihar Land Reforms Act.
Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that
the matter is pending since 2008. The Land Reforms
Deputy Collector should expedite the case at the earliest.
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This application is accordingly disposed of with
the aforesaid observations and directions.
Anand ( Sheema Ali Khan, J. )