Vashishth Singh v. Mr. Amrit Lal Meena, Chief Secretary Government of Bihar
MJC/3739/2024 · 2025-09-19
Rajiv Roy
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Case No.3739 of 2024 In Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.971 of 2024 ======================================================
1. Vashishth Singh S/o Shankar Singh, Resident of Village and P.O.- Kanchhedwa, P.S.-Harsidhi, District-East Champaran. 2. Narendra Nath Singh, S/o Shiv Nath Singh, Resident of Village and P.O.- Kanchhedwa, P.S.-Harsidhi, District-East Champaran. 3. Birendar Kumar Singh, S/o Shree Krishna Singh, Resident of Village and P.O.- Kanchhedwa, P.S.-Harsidhi, District-East Champaran. 4. Ravindra Singh, S/o Sukhram Singh, Resident of Village and P.O.- Kanchhedwa, P.S.-Harsidhi, District-East Champaran. 5. Tuntun Singh, S/o Awadh Singh, Resident of Village and P.O.- Kanchhedwa, P.S.-Harsidhi, District-East Champaran. 6. Usha Devi, W/o Shivpujan Singh, Resident of Village and P.O.- Kanchhedwa, P.S.-Harsidhi, District-East Champaran. 7. Shiv Shankar Prasad Singh, S/o Baliram Sing, Resident of Village and P.O.- Kanchhedwa, P.S.-Harsidhi, District-East Champaran. 8. Sanjay Kumar Singh @ Sanjay Singh, s/o Bhrigunath Singh, Resident of Village and P.O.- Kanchhedwa, P.S.-Harsidhi, District-East Champaran. 9. Ramanand Thakur, S/o Chaturgun Thakur, Resident of Village and P.O.- Kanchhedwa, P.S.-Harsidhi, District-East Champaran. 10. Pramila Devi, W/o Virendra Thakur, Resident of Village and P.O.- Kanchhedwa, P.S.-Harsidhi, District-East Champaran. 11. Rajendra Thakur, s/o Late Sudama Thakur, Resident of Village and P.O.- Kanchhedwa, P.S.-Harsidhi, District-East Champaran. 12. Rampravesh Singh, S/o Awadh Bihari Singh, Resident of Village and P.O.- Kanchhedwa, P.S.-Harsidhi, District-East Champaran. 13. Surendra Kumar Singh, s/o Ram Rekha Singh, Resident of Village and P.O.- Kanchhedwa, P.S.-Harsidhi, District-East Champaran. 14. Ramadhar Singh, S/o Nand Singh, Resident of Village and P.O.- Kanchhedwa, P.S.-Harsidhi, District-East Champaran. 15. Arun Singh @ Arun Kumar Singh, S/o Late Ramkrit Singh, Resident of Village and P.O.- Kanchhedwa, P.S.-Harsidhi, District-East Champaran. 16. Surendra Kumar Singh, S/o Ramchandra Singh, Resident of Village and P.O.- Kanchhedwa, P.S.-Harsidhi, District-East Champaran. 17. Purendra Kumar Singh, S/o Ramsevak Singh, Resident of Village and P.O.- Kanchhedwa, P.S.-Harsidhi, District-East Champaran. 18. Kamlesh Kumar Singh, S/o Nagendra Singh, Resident of Village and P.O.- Kanchhedwa, P.S.-Harsidhi, District-East Champaran. 19. Anil Kumar Singh, S/o Ramashankar Singh, Resident of Village and P.O.- Kanchhedwa, P.S.-Harsidhi, District-East Champaran. 20. Ranjit Singh, S/o Mukhdev Singh, Resident of Village and P.O.-
Patna High Court MJC No.3739 of 2024(3) dt.19-09-2025 2/5 Kanchhedwa, P.S.-Harsidhi, District-East Champaran. 21. Dipnarayan Choubey, S/o Laxmi Choubey, Resident of Village and P.O.- Kanchhedwa, P.S.-Harsidhi, District-East Champaran. 22. Binda Tiwari, S/o Kokil Tiwari, Resident of Village and P.O.- Kanchhedwa, P.S.-Harsidhi, District-East Champaran. 23. Abhishek Kumar, S/o Rameshwar Tiwari, Resident of Village and P.O.- Kanchhedwa, P.S.-Harsidhi, District-East Champaran.
24. Saraswati Devi, W/o Paras Tiwari, Resident of Village and P.O.- Kanchhedwa, P.S.-Harsidhi, District-East Champaran. 25. Brijkishor Tiwari, S/o Anutha Tiwari, Resident of Village and P.O.- Kanchhedwa, P.S.-Harsidhi, District-East Champaran. 26. Gopal Ji Singh, S/o Ram Snehi Singh, Resident of Village and P.O.- Kanchhedwa, P.S.-Harsidhi, District-East Champaran. 27. Nandkishor Prasad Singh, S/o Sukdev Singh, Resident of Village and P.O.- Kanchhedwa, P.S.-Harsidhi, District-East Champaran. 28. Pramod Singh, S/o Jaynarayan Singh, Resident of Village and P.O.- Kanchhedwa, P.S.-Harsidhi, District-East Champaran. 29. Akhilesh Singh, S/o Ramdaras Singh, Resident of Village and P.O.- Kanchhedwa, P.S.-Harsidhi, District-East Champaran. 30. Chandra Bhushan Singh, S/o Seeta Ram Singh, Resident of Village and P.O.- Kanchhedwa, P.S.-Harsidhi, District-East Champaran. 31. Ramchal Singh, S/o Nand Singh, Resident of Village and P.O.- Kanchhedwa, P.S.-Harsidhi, District-East Champaran. 32. Upendra Singh, S/o Ramsewak Singh, Resident of Village and P.O.- Kanchhedwa, P.S.-Harsidhi, District-East Champaran. 33. Anand Bihari Singh, S/o Sukhram Singh, Resident of Village and P.O.- Kanchhedwa, P.S.-Harsidhi, District-East Champaran. 34. Indu Bhushan Singh, S/o Sitaram Singh, Resident of Village and P.O.- Kanchhedwa, P.S.-Harsidhi, District-East Champaran. 35. Punam Devi, W/o Lal Babu Singh, Resident of Village and P.O.- Kanchhedwa, P.S.-Harsidhi, District-East Champaran. 36. Rup Narayan Chaubey, S/o Lakshmi Chaubey, Resident of Village and P.O.- Kanchhedwa, P.S.-Harsidhi, District-East Champaran. 37. Shambhu Singh, S/o Girdhari Singh, Resident of Village and P.O.- Kanchhedwa, P.S.-Harsidhi, District-East Champaran. 38. Mannu Kumar, S/o Uday Kant Singh, Resident of Village and P.O.- Kanchhedwa, P.S.-Harsidhi, District-East Champaran. 39. Baidhanath Singh, S/o Firangi Singh, Resident of Village and P.O.- Kanchhedwa, P.S.-Harsidhi, District-East Champaran. 40. Vinay Kumar, S/o Dineshwar Prasad Singh, Resident of Village and P.O.- Kanchhedwa, P.S.-Harsidhi, District-East Champaran. 41. Arjun Prasad Singh, S/o Late Yamuna Singh, Resident of Village and P.O.- Kanchhedwa, P.S.-Harsidhi, District-East Champaran. Patna High Court MJC No.3739 of 2024(3) dt.19-09-2025 3/5
42. Sahdeo Prasad Singh, S/o Late Yamuna Singh, Resident of Village and P.O.- Kanchhedwa, P.S.-Harsidhi, District-East Champaran. 43. Kalyaneshwar Prasad Singh, S/o Late Yamuna Singh, Resident of Village and P.O.- Kanchhedwa, P.S.-Harsidhi, District-East Champaran. 44.
Rishikant Sharma, S/o Ramrit Singh, Resident of Village and P.O.- Kanchhedwa, P.S.-Harsidhi, District-East Champaran. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus
1. Mr. Amrit Lal Meena, Chief Secretary Government of Bihar Patna. 2. Deepak Kumar Singh Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar, Land Reforms and Revenue Department, Patna. 3. The Arun Kumar Singh, Additional Secretary, Revenue and Land Reform Department, Patna. 4. The Sushil Kumar, Director Office of the Land Acquisition Directroate, Revenue and Land Reform Department, Bihar, Patna. 5. Shri Saurabh Jorwal, Collector and District Magistrate, At and P.O.- Motihari, District-East Champaran, PIN 845401. 6. Ganesh Kumar, The District Land Acquisition Officer, East Champaran, Motihari. 7. Arun Kumar, The Sub Divisional Officer, East Champaran, Sadar Motihari. 8. Kanaklata, The Circle Officer, Anchal Harsidhi (East Champaran). 9. The Anupam Sharma, the General Manager, Eastern Central Railway, Hazipur. 10. The Manish Gupta, the General Manager Co-Ordination, Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited, Kolkata Unit. 11. The Mahendra Pratap Singh, the C.E.O./Construction, Mahendru Ghat, Eastern Central Railway, Patna. 12. The Vivek Bhushan Sood, the Divisional Railway Manager, Eastern Central Railway, Sonpur. ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Ambarish Kumar, Advocate For the State : Mr.Standing Counsel -26 For the Union of India : Mr. Kumar Ravish, CGC ======================================================
CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 3 19-09-2025 Heard the parties.
2. The present petition has been preferred for the
Patna High Court MJC No.3739 of 2024(3) dt.19-09-2025 4/5 following relief/s: (i) for invoking the contempt jurisdiction of this Hon'ble High Court for deliberate and willful disobedience of Order dated 19.04.2024 passed by this Court in C.W.J.C. No. 971 of 2024 wherein and whereby this Hon'ble Court was pleased to dispose of the aforesaid Writ Petition with direction upon Respondent No. 5. the Collector, East Champaran, Motihari to take the matter to its logical conclusion within a period of three months from the date of representation before him but the Collector, East Champaran falled to comply the aforesaid
order.
3. On 19.04.2024, this Court disposed of the matter directing the petitioner to approach the Collector, East Champaran at Motihari who shall be taking up the matter to its logical conclusion within a period of three months.
4. A show cause on behalf of opposite party nos. 5 to 8 i.e., the District Magistrate, East Champaran at Motihari and the District Land Acquisiton Officer, East Champaran at
Patna High Court MJC No.3739 of 2024(3) dt.19-09-2025 5/5 Motihari beside the Sub-Divisional Officer, East Champaran at Motihari and the Circle Officer, Harsidhi, East Champaran is/are on record, according to which, the matter has been referred to LARRA Court, Muzaffarpur under section 64 and 77(2) of the RFCTLARR Act, 2013 vide office letter no. 129 dated 13.12.2023 by the Land District Acquisition Officer, East Champaran at Motihari, the petitioner has to pursue its remedy before the LARRA Court, Muzaffarpur.
5. In that background, allowing the petitioner to pursue the matter before the LARRA Court after the same has been referred by the Collector, East Champaran at Motihari, the MJC No. 3739 of 2024 is disposed of.
Ravi/- (Rajiv Roy, J) U