IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Letters Patent Appeal No.373 of 2022 In Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.17512 of 2021 ====================================================== 1. Mahesh Kumar S/o Kameshwar Mahto, R/o Village - East Koiri Tola, P.S. - Sikandra, District - Jamui - 811315. 2. Ravi Ranjan Kumar, S/o Anil Singh, R/o Village - Gere, P.S. and District - Gaya. 3. Sanjay Kumar Singh, S/o Subodh Singh, R/o Village - Gopalpur, P.S. - Sherghati, District - Gaya. 4. Mahesh Prasad Yadav, S/o Bifan Yadav, R/o Village - Kadndog, P.S. - Barachhati, District - Gaya. 5. Akhilesh Kumar, S/o Birendra Yadav, R/o Village - Ghorvadih, P.S. and District - Gaya. 6. Shravan Kumar, S/o Janki Prasad, R/o Village - Boknari, P.S. and District - Gaya. 7. Hirday Kumar, S/o Rameshwar Yadav, R/o Village - Lolipur, P.S. - Paraiya, District - Gaya. 8. Manish Kumar, S/o Anil Kumar Pandey, R/o Village - Paraiya Khural, P.S. - Paraiya, District - Gaya. 9. Binod Kumar, D/o Gaya Prasad Yadav, R/o Village - Solar, P.S.- Paraiya, District - Gaya. 10. Shailendra Kumar Yadav, S/o Chandradev Yadav, R/o Village - Ishwarpur, Lodipur, P.S. - Paraiya, District - Gaya. 11. Bablu Rajak, S/o Ramkirit Rajak, R/o Village - Dhansaura, P.S. - Paraiya, District - Gaya. 12. Kulendra Kumar Yadav, S/o Yogendra Yadav, R/o Village - Amas, P.S. Amas, District - Gaya. 13. Md. Shamsher Alam, S/o Md. Yaswin, R/o Village - Baijda, P.S. - Fatehpur, District - Gaya. 14. Rajesh Kumar, S/o Suresh Prasad Yadav, R/o Village - Meyari, P.S. - Fatehpur, District - Gaya. 15. Neel Kamal, W/o Pawan Kumar, R/o Mohalla Near Sheomandir Matha, P.S. and District - Gaya. 16. Kiran Kumari, W/o Manish Kumar, R/o Village - Belwar, P.S. - Imamganj, District - Gaya. 17. Awadhesh Kumar, S/o Kishori Sao, R/o Village - Srisanichak, P.S. - Vishnupura, District - Gaya. 18. Ravikant Nirala alias Ravikant Kumar Nirala, S/o Sheo Kumar Prasad Yadav, R/o Village - Kadarpur, P.S. - Imamganj, District - Gaya. 19. Vivek Kumar Mishra, S/o Late Brahmdeo Mishra, R/o village - Bikopur, P.S. - Imamganj, District - Gaya. 20. Mithlesh Kumar, S/o Mahesh Mahto, R/o Village - Kozri Bigha, P.S. - Patna High Court L.P.A No.373 of 2022(7) dt.30-04-2025 2/6 Guora, District - Gaya. 21. Amit Kumar, S/o Arvind Kumar Ojha, R/o Village - Morhram Toli Hanuman Nagar, P.S. - Bunti, District - Ranchi, Jharkhand. 22. Vikash Kumar, S/o Dharmendra Singh, R/o Village- Nagriyawan, P.S. and District- Gaya. 23. Satyendra Kumar Sharma, S/o Aditya Sharma, R/o Village - Bumar, P.S. - Barachhati, District - Gaya. 24. Anil Kumar, S/o Ramotar Yadav, R/o Village - Saroop Bigha, P.S. - Dubhi, District - Gaya. 25. Dinesh Kumar, S/o Mahendra Ram, R/o Village - Khsri, P.S.- Dumaria, District - Gaya. 26. Ruby Kumari, W/o Raju Kumar Prasad, R/o Village - Koisaita, P.S. and District - Gaya. 27. Manish Kumar, S/o Samundra Prasad, R/o Village - Masantha Khurd, P.S. and District - Gaya. 28. Rajeev Ranjan, S/o Vijay Shankar Sharma, R/o Village - Dandha, P.S. - Fatehpur, District - Gaya. 29. Jitendra Kumar, S/o Harihar Yadav, R/o Village - Khardi, P.S. - Dumania, District - Gaya. 30. Ashok Kumar, S/o Chhotan Singh, R/o Village - Kotana (Bhogta), P.S. and District - Gaya. 31. Md. Barfuddin, S/o Md. Sarfuddin, R/o Village - Hamzapur, P.S. and District - Gaya. 32. Gagandeep Singh, S/o Rajendra Paswan, R/o Village - Jhikatia, P.S. and District - Gaya. 33. Abha Kumari, W/o Ranjit Kumar, R/o village - Mohammadpur, P.S. and District - Gaya. 34. Archana Kumari, W/o Nagendra Singh, R/o Village- Navankalp, Saghi, P.S. and District - Gaya. 35. Sanjay Kumar, S/o Ramjee Yadav, R/o Village - Ekauni, P.S. and District - Gaya. 36. Rakesh Kumar, S/o Umashankar, R/o Village - Sonant, P.S. - Wazirganj, District - Gaya. 37. Md. Ishrar @ Ishrar Alam, S/o Aftab Alam, R/o Village - Dhanawan, P.S. - Kasma, District - Aurangabad. 38. Pankaj Kumar Giri, S/o Chandradeo Yadav, R/o Village - Ishwarpur Lodipur, P.S. - Paraiya, District - Gaya. 39. Surya Prakash Gupta, S/o Sagar Lal, R/o Village - Near Hanuman Mandir, P.S. - Nardiganj, District - Nawada. 40. Santosh Kumar, S/o Sadanand Singh, R/o Village - Ariyan, P.S. and District - Nawada. 41. Binod Rajbanshi, S/o Krishna Rajbanshi, R/o Village - Baniya Bigha, P.S. - Narhat, District - Nawada. Patna High Court L.P.A No.373 of 2022(7) dt.30-04-2025 3/6 42. Omkar Kumar, S/o Mithlesh Singh, R/o Village - Bagodar, P.S. - Hisna, District - Nawada. 43. Anil Kumar, S/o Rajendra Prasad, R/o Village - Meskaur, P.S. - Meskaur, District - Nawada. 44. Mithlesh Kumar, S/o Surendra Nath Singh, R/o Village - Gambhira, P.S.- Tetaria, District - Nawada. 45. Jai Shankar, S/o Uday Shankar, R/o Village - Gopalpur, P.S.- Gopalpur, District - Nawada. 46. Nitish Kumar, S/o Raghubir, R/o Village - Sheoharpur, P.S. and District - Nawada. 47. Pappu Kumar Das, S/o Umesh Das, R/o Village - Pakri Barma, P.S. - Pakri Barma, District - Nawada. 48. Pitamber Kumar, S/o Suresh Prasad, R/o Village - Jhikarna, P.S. and District - Nawada. 49. Md. Yusuf Alam, S/o Md. Abid Hussain, R/o Village - Tetariya, P.S. - Meskaur, District - Nawada. 50. Sanjeet Kumar Mehta, S/o Sukhdeo Mehta, R/o Village - Udsa, P.S. - Hisna, District - Nawada. 51. Manjit Kumar, S/o Mosafir Prasad, R/o Village - Shivganj, P.S. and District - Nawada. 52. Sanjit Kumar Pandey, S/o Ramchandra Pandey, R/o village - Maknar, Akbarpur Market, P.S. and District - Nawada. 53. Niraj Kumar, S/o Nawal Kishor Singh, R/o Village - Bela, P.S. - Govindpur, District - Nawada. 54. Diwakar Kumar, S/o Dayanand Singh, R/o Village - Mahatpur, P.S.- Mahatpur, District- Jamui. 55. Sanjeev Nehru, S/o Nawal Kishor Mishra, R/o Village - Malehpur, P.S. - Balwadih, District - Jamui. 56. Sudama Kumar Yadav, S/o Vimal Yadav, R/o Village - Vharkahua, P.S. - Barhat, District - Jamui. 57. Roshan Jahan, W/o Gulam Sarwan Ansari, R/o Village - Akbarpur, P.S. and District - Rohtas. 58. Sunita Kumari, W/o Dharmendra Kumar Yadav, R/o Village - Derachak, Bariyarpur, P.S. and District - Jamui. 59. Rajesh Kumar, S/o Kishor Thakur, R/o Village - Kakanchor, Digha Laxmanpur, District - Jamui. 60. Vijay Kumar, S/o Lakshmi Sao, R/o Village - Jokatiya, P.S. - Sono, District - Jamui. 61. Sudha Kumari, W/o Om Prakash Kumar, R/o Village - Ghwakia Tola, P.S. and District - Jamui. 62. Satyanarayan Kumar Yadav, S/o Baldeo Yadav, R/o Village - Rangakala Simarka, P.S. - Borwa Jhanjhe, District - Jamui. 63. Vinay Kant Dubey, S/o Ram Padarath Dubey, R/o Village - Bahramba, P.S. - Patna High Court L.P.A No.373 of 2022(7) dt.30-04-2025 4/6 Bohrma, District - Jamui. 64. Ramkrishna Acharya @ Ramkrishna Achari, S/o Giridhar Acharya @ Achari, R/o Village - Raipur, P.S. - Gopalpur, District - Jamui. 65. Navin Kumar, S/o Longi Sao, R/o Village - Chancho, P.S. - Chancho, District - Jamui. 66. Anil Kumar Mishra, S/o Sitaram Mishra, R/o Village - Khaira, P.S. and District - Jamui. 67. Mithlesh Kumar, S/o Upendra Prasad Mandal, R/o Village - Kandish, P.S. and District - Jamui. 68. Ravindra Kumar, S/o Vishnudeo Yadav, R/o Village - Molnachak, P.S. - Kurtha, District - Arwal. 69. Kaushal Kumar @ Komal Kumar, S/o Yogendra Sharma, R/o Village - Lari, P.S. - Kurtha, District - Arwal. 70. Awadhesh Kumar, Son of Late Chandra Vilash Singh, R/o Village - Lalichak, P.S. - Kurtha, District - Arwal. 71. Gaurav Kumar, S/o Saligram Paswan, R/o Village - Moglapur, P.S. - Sonbhadra, District - Arwal. 72. Deepak Kumar, S/o Shivnandan Singh, R/o Village - Airaf, P.S. - Kurtha, District - Arwal. 73. Durga Kumar Ram, S/o Rajbaw Ram, R/o Village - Baradih, P.S. - Karhgar, District - Rohtas. 74. Rakesh Kumar Singh, S/o Dindayal Singh, R/o village - Amri Barahiabagh, P.S. - Sasaram, District - Rohtas. 75. Ashok Kumar, S/o Ramchandra Singh, R/o Village- Sheikpura, P.S. - Darigaon, District - Rohtas. 76. Vikash Kumar, S/o Kamta Prasad Singh, R/o Village - Gharbair, P.S. - Darigaon, District - Rohtas. 77. Kanchan Kumari, W/o Santosh Kumar, R/o Village - Dakshni Mohalla, P.S. - Chenari, District - Rohtas. 78. Ahmad Raja, S/o Md. Zabir Ali, R/o Village - Begsangi, P.S. - Chenari, District - Rohtas. 79. Suryabans Pal, S/o Baijnath Pal, R/o Village - Bimarganj Tola, P.S. - Chenari, District - Rohtas. 80. Rajni Kant Pathak, S/o Kanhaiya Pathak, R/o Village - Dhandarh, P.S. - Sasaram, District - Rohtas. 81. Manish Kumar Singh, S/o Sheodayal Singh, R/o Village - Kanchanpur, P.S. - Sasaram, District - Rohtas. 82. Sharmila Kumari, W/o Sanjay Kumar Sharma, R/o Village - Bansa Karbaudia, P.S. - Sasaram, District - Rohtas. 83. Jitendra Sah @ Jitindra Sah, S/o Ramnagina Sao, R/o Village - Sohsa, P.S. - Kochas, District - Rohtas. 84. Bindeshwari Prasad Singh, S/o Brijkeshwar Singh, R/o Village- Khanuj, Ward NO. - 4, P.S. Karhgar, District - Rohtas. Patna High Court L.P.A No.373 of 2022(7) dt.30-04-2025 5/6 85. Jai Prakash Thakur, S/o Virendra Thakur, R/o Village - Samahuta, P.S. - Banjari, District- Rohtas. 86. Vishal Kumar, S/o Mithleshwar Kumar Dubey, R/o Village - Uchaisa, P.S. - Rohtas, District - Rohtas. 87. Sudama Yadav, S/o Biyasmuni Yadav, R/o Village - Budhua Kala, P.S. and District- Rohtas. 88. Renu Kumari, W/o Om Prakash Gupta, P.S. Rohtas, District - Rohtas. 89. Rahul Kumar, S/o Amrendra Narayan Singh, R/o Village - Ghar Bair, Darigaon, P.S - Darigaon, District- Rohtas. 90. Babita Kumari, W/o Dhirendra Singh, R/o Village - Baknaura, P.S. - Rohtas, District - Rohtas. 91. Sujeet Kumar, S/o Bachhu Tanti, R/o Village - Govindpur, P.S. - Mangoreh, District - Munger. 92. Bajrangi Singh Yadav, S/o Lalita Singh Yadav, R/o Village - Ramgarh, P.S. - Bhagwanpur, District - Kaimur. 93. Salendra Kumar Singh, S/o Jainarayan Singh, R/o Village - Bhadaura, P.S. - Bhadaura, District- Munger. 94. Kapildeo Singh, S/o Narayan Singh, R/o Village - Rasulpur, P.S. and District- Rohtas. 95. Tarun Kumar Vikas, S/o Madan Prasad Singh, R/o Village - Pachrukhi, P.S. Tadwa, District - Munger. 96. Ashish Kumar, S/o Upendra Pandey, R/o Village - Garobigha, Dhanwan, P.S. and District - Nawada. 97. Ajay Kumar, S/o Shivshankar Chaudhary, R/o Village- Chitarkala, P.S. - Sherghati, District - Gaya. 98. Rajni Kant Ranjan, S/o Vindeshwar Prasad, R/o Village - Jalpa, P.S. and District- Gaya. ... ... Appellant/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar through the Chief Secretary, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 2. The Principal Secretary, Agriculture Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Director, Agriculture Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 4. The Commissioner, Development, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 5. The Director Cum Lands Protection Cum Chief Executive Officer, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 6. The District Magistrate, of All District of Bihar. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant/s : Mr. Awadhesh Kumar Mishra, Advocate Mrs. Pragati Singh, Advocate Mr. Shashank Shekhar, Advocate Patna High Court L.P.A No.373 of 2022(7) dt.30-04-2025 6/6 Ms. Shivani Mishra, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Mr. Sarvesh Kr. Singh, AAG-13 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHA SARTHY ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE) 7 30-04-2025 After some argument, Mr. Awadhesh Kumar Mishra, the learned Advocate for the appellants seeks permission to withdraw this appeal in order to enable the appellants to agitate their claim before any other appropriate forum, if so desired. 2. Dismissed as withdrawn. Saurabh/Rajesh (Ashutosh Kumar, ACJ) ( Partha Sarthy, J) U