IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Case No.901 of 2025 In Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.79 of 1998 ====================================================== 1. Manoj Kumar S/o Late Radha Mohan Singh, Resident of Village-Singhara Bujurg, Block-cum-Anchal-Mahua, P.S.-Mahua, District-Vaishali. 2. Chandrketu Narayan Singh, S/o Resident of Village-Singhara Bujurg, Block- cum-Anchal-Mahua, P.S.-Mahua, District-Vaishali. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar through the Additional Chief Secretary Revenue and Land Reforms Department Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 2. The Director Consolidation, Patna. 3. The District Magistrate cum Collector, Vaishali, Yashpal Meena. 4. The Additional District Magistrate Binod Kumar, 5. The Consolidation Officer, Vaishali. 6. The District Fisheries Officer, Vaishali. 7. The Deputy Collector Land Reforms (DCLR, Mahua) 8. The Circle Officer, Mahua, Varsha Rani. ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Pramod Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Additional Advocate General 12 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 3 18-08-2026 Heard the parties. 2. The present petition has been preferred for the following relief(s): “for initiation of contempt proceeding against the contemnors/opposite parties for their willful disobedience of the order dated 24.11.1998 passed in CWJC No. 79/1998.” 3. Learned State counsel submits that the order passed Patna High Court MJC No.901 of 2025(3) dt.18-08-2026 2/2 in the year 1998 has been challenged only in the year 2025 and, as such, the present petition is hit by Section 20 of the Contempt of Courts Act. 4. Section 20 of the Contempt of Courts Act read as follows: “20. Limitation for actions for contempt. – No Court shall initiate any proceedings for contempt, either on its own motion or otherwise, after the expiry of a period of one year from the date on which the contempt is alleged to have been committed.” 5. Accordingly, the present contempt petition stands dismissed. Adnan/- (Rajiv Roy, J) U