2025:JHHC:10793 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI W.P.(C) No. 714 of 2025 --- Tapen Mahato, son of Subhash Chandra Mahato, resident of village- Hurlung, P.O.- Luabasa, P.S.- Birsanagar, Jamshedpur, District- East Singhbhum … … Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Jharkhand 2. The Deputy Commissioner, East Singhbhum, Jamshedpur 3. The Land Reforms Deputy Collector, East Singhbhum, Jamshedpur 4. The Additional Collector, East Singhbhum, Jamshedpur 5. The Circle Officer, Jamshedpur, District- East Singhbhum …. … Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH SHANKAR For the Petitioner : M/s. Apurva & A.K. Mahto, Advocates For the Respondents : Mr. Rakesh Kumar Roy, A.C. to G.A.-III Order No. 04 Dated: 08.04.2025 The present writ petition has been filed for issuance of direction upon the respondent no. 5- the Circle Officer, Jamshedpur to take prompt steps to upload the details of the petitioner’s land situated at Village- Hurlung, Khata No. 282, plot nos. 1653 & 1654 measuring area of 03 decimals & 07 decimals respectively in the Online Register-II as due to not uploading the land’s details, the rent receipts for the said land are not being issued to the petitioner. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the aforesaid land was purchased by the petitioner’s father- Subhash Chandra Mahato vide registered sale deed no. 236 dated 12.01.1978 from a lawful owner. After purchase of the said land, the petitioner’s father applied for mutation of the said land in the office of the respondent no. 5 which was allowed vide order passed in Case No. VI-32/89-90 and accordingly a correction slip with respect to the said land was issued in favour of the petitioner’s father. Thereafter, the petitioner’s father paid rent to the government till the year 2005-06. However, subsequently the rent receipts for the said land are not being issued 2025:JHHC:10793 2 in the name of the petitioner’s father primarily due to the reason that the land’s details have not been uploaded in the Online Register-II. The petitioner tried to submit an application in the office of the respondent no. 5 in the prescribed format for getting the land records uploaded in the Online Register-II, however the same was not accepted by the said office. Under the said compelling circumstance, the petitioner preferred the present writ petition. 3. Mr. Rakesh Kumar Roy, learned A.C. to G.A.-III appearing on behalf of the respondents, submits that if the petitioner prefers a fresh application on the present issue before the respondent no. 5, an appropriate decision/step will be taken by the said respondent within a time frame. 4. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering the nature of prayer made by the petitioner in the present writ petition, without entering into the merit of the case, the petitioner is given liberty to prefer a fresh application on the present issue before the respondent no. 5. On receipt of the said representation, the respondent no. 5, after verifying the relevant records and on providing opportunity of hearing to the petitioner/his father/their representative, shall take an appropriate decision/step within six weeks from the date of filing of the said application. 5. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with the aforesaid liberty and direction. Ritesh/ (Rajesh Shankar, J.)