2025:JHHC:10795 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI W.P. (C) No.722 of 2025 ----- 1. Shobha Agarwal, W/o Mulchand Agarwal, R/o Flat No.1B, First Floor, Urmila Apartment, Ghoda Chowk, Station Road, P.O. & P.S.-Jugsalai, District-East Singhbhum. 2. Sarita Agarwal, W/o Satya Narayan Agarwal, R/o H. No.9A, Marwari Para Road, Kedia Bhawan, P.O. & P.S.- Jugsalai, District-East Singhbhum. .......... Petitioners. -Versus- 1. The State of Jharkhand through Deputy Commissioner, East Singhbhum. 2. Deputy Commissioner, East Singhbhum. 3. Land Reforms Deputy Collector, Jamshedpur, East Singhbhum. 4. Circle Officer, Jamshedpur, East Singhbhum. .......... Respondents. ----- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH SHANKAR ----- For the Petitioners : Mr. Ayush Aditya, Advocate For the State : Mr. Sanket Khanna, AC to AAG-V ----- Order No.04 Date: 08.04.2025 1. The present writ petition has been filed for issuance of direction upon the respondent no.4-Circle Officer, Jamshedpur, East Singhbhum to issue online rent receipts to the petitioners with respect to the land appertaining to Khata No.401, Plot No.1333, measuring an area of 4 decimals after entering the details of the same in the online Register-II which has been jointly purchased by them vide registered sale deed dated 31st January, 1995. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have jointly purchased the land in question vide registered sale deed no.346, dated 31st January, 1995 and correction slip has already been issued by the respondent no.4 vide order dated 7th December, 1999 passed in 2025:JHHC:10795 2 Mutation Case No.403 of 1999-2000. Moreover, the rent receipts have been issued in favour of the petitioners till 2006-07. 3. It is also submitted that the petitioners were served with an encroachment notice bearing BPLE Case No.32 of 1997-98 dated 6th May, 1998 and the said proceeding was dropped vide order dated 27th September, 1999. Though the land in question is in possession of the petitioners and the manual rent receipts have been issued, however, since the details of the said land have not been entered in the online Register-II, further rent receipts of the said land are not being issued to the petitioners. 4. The petitioners pursued their grievance before the respondent no.4, however, no positive step was taken by the said respondent in this regard, which compelled them to prefer the present writ petition. 5. Mr. Sanket Khanna, learned A.C. to A.A.G.-V, appearing on behalf of the respondents submits that if the petitioners prefer a fresh application on the present issue before the respondent no.4-Circle Officer, Jamshedpur, East Singhbhum, an appropriate decision/step will be taken by the said respondent within a time frame. 6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering the nature of the prayer made in the writ petition, without entering into merit of the case, the petitioners are given liberty to prefer a fresh application on 2025:JHHC:10795 3 the present issue before the respondent no.4-Circle Officer, Jamshedpur, East Singhbhum. On receipt of the said application, the respondent no.4, after examining the relevant records and on providing an opportunity of hearing to the petitioners/their representative(s), shall take appropriate decision/step within six weeks from the date of filing of the application. 7. The writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of with the aforesaid liberty and direction. (Rajesh Shankar, J.) Vikas/