2025:JHHC:13276 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI W.P. (C) No. 1939 of 2025 ------ Ram Narayan Bhagat son of Late Bhagirath Bhagat, resident of Village Simaljori, P.O. & P.S. Maheshpur, District Pakur .... .... …. Petitioner Versus 1. State of Jharkhand 2. Commissioner, Santhal Pargana Division, Dumka, P.O. & P.S. Dumka, District Dumka 3. Deputy Commissioner, Pakur, P.O., P.S. & District, Pakur 4. Sub Divisional Officer, Pakur, P.O., P.S. & District, Pakur 5. Circle Officer, Maheshpur, Pakur, P.O. & P.S. Maheshpur, District Pakur 6. Sonu Kora, son of Late Bajun Kora, resident of Village Kanakjol, P.O. & P.S. Maheshpur, District Dumka 7. Netlal Gupta, son of Late Ganesh Gupta, resident of Village Ratapur, P.O. Khagra, P.S. Maheshpur, District Dumka .... .... .... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GAUTAM KUMAR CHOUDHARY For the Petitioner : Mr. Sudhir Sharma, Advocate Mr. Indu Shekhar Gupta, Advocate Mr. Shashi Shekhar Dwivedi, Advocate For the State : Mr. Nawal Kishor Pandey, A.C. to S.C. (L&C)-I . ------ Order No.04 / Dated : 02.05.2025 Instant writ petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for direction to the Circle Officer, Maheshpur (respondent no.5), who put a lock in the residential house of the petitioner over Plot No.931 appertaining to Jamabandi No.45 of Mouza Kakjol, Maheshpur, District Pakur. 2. It is submitted by the learned counsel on behalf of petitioner that the eviction order was passed by the Sub Divisional Officer on 03.09.2016 in R.E.R. Case No.20/2010-11 which was affirmed by the Deputy Commissioner in R.M.A. Case No.04 of 2016. Petitioner moved before the Commissioner, Santhal Pargana in R.M.R. Case No.331/2018-19 in which the order of eviction was stayed by the Commissioner on 22.02.2024 till 11.03.2024. Without disposal of the revision, a fresh notice of eviction was issued by the Circle Officer, Maheshpur vide Annexure-5 dated 16.12.2024. Aggrieved by the said order, instant writ petition has been filed. The petitioner had also preferred a petition before the Commissioner for 2025:JHHC:13276 extension of stay on which no order has been passed till date. 3. It is submitted by the learned counsel on behalf of State that mere filing of an appeal or revision, does not operate as stay and therefore, since there was no pending stay order, the lock was put on residential house of the petitioner. 4. From the submissions made at Bar, it appears that Petitioner had preferred R.M.R. Case No.331/2018-19 which has not been disposed by the Commissioner and during the pendency of the said revision, the order passed by the Deputy Commissioner, is being given effect too. By dispossessing the Petitioner. 5. Under the circumstance, the Commissioner, Santhal Pargana is directed to dispose of R.M.R. Case No.331/2018-19 within six weeks of the order. The petitioner will appear before the Commissioner, Santhal Pargana on 12.05.2025 for hearing of the revision. In the meantime, the petitioner will not be dispossessed from his house and will have a right of his residence. Writ Petition is disposed of. Interlocutory Application, if any, is disposed of. (Gautam Kumar Choudhary, J.) Anit