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2025 DAILYLAW 18446 (PAT)

Rajnikant Pathak v. The State Of Bihar and Ors

CWJC/19451/2016 · 2025-08-21

Rajiv Roy

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.19451 of 2016 ====================================================== Rajnikant Pathak son of Valmiki Pathak, resident of Mohalla- Ambika Nagar, P.S.- Banjariya, District- East Champaran. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. The District Magistrate, East Champaran. 3. The Sub-Divisional Officer, Motihari Sadar, East Champaran. 4. Ravi Ranjan Jamuar, the then Circle Officer, Banjaria, Anchal and P.S.- Banjaria, District- East Ch 5. Anil Anal, son of Jiwanandan Ojha, resident of Mohalla- Agarwa, P.O.- Motihari, P.S.- Motihari Town, District- East Champaran. 6. Niru Devi, wife of Anil Anal, resident of Mohalla- Agarwa, P.O.- Motihari, P.S.- Motihari Town, District- East Champaran. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Anuj Kumar, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Mr.Subhash Chandra Yadav, GP-15 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 2 21-08-2025 Heard the parties. 2. The present petition has been preferred for the following relief/s: (i) a writ in the nature of certiorari or any other appropriate writ/s, order/s direction/s for quashing the order as contained in Letter no. 241 dated 30.09.2016 issued by the Circle Officer, Banjaria, East Champaran directing the Petitioner to stop the construction on the land in question; Patna High Court CWJC No.19451 of 2016(2) dt.21-08-2025 2/2 (ii) a writ in the nature of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ/s, order/s direction/s directing the Respondents to take appropriate action against the Circle Officer, Banjaria (Respondent no. 4) for passing an order which he is not at all competent to ask; (iii) to any other relief/s to which the petitioner is found entitled to. 3. The counter affidavit of respondent nos. 2 to 4 is on record after service of copy to the learned counsel for the petitioner on 14.02.2020 and there is no rebuttal to it. 4. After some argument, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he shall be availing the alternate remedy before an appropriate authority/Court. 5. Granting said liberty and without commenting on the merit of the case, the writ petition is disposed of. Ravi/- (Rajiv Roy, J) U