2026:JHHC:14449 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI WP(C) No.3556 of 2026 ----- 1. Dinesh Kumar Soren aged about 34 years Son of Hari Ram Manjhi. 2. Makund Manjhi aged about 37 years son of Hari Ram Manjhi; Both residents of village Barki Kudi (Charak Paniya), P.O. Palamu, P.S. Nawadih, District Bokaro. … Petitioner(s). Versus 1. Central Coalfields Limited through Chairman Cum Managing Director, Office at Darbhanga House, P.O. G.P.O., P.S. Kotwali, District Ranchi. 2. General Manager, Central Coalfields Limited, Kathara Area, P.O.and P.S. Kathara, District Bokaro. 3. The State of Jharkhand. 4. Deputy Commissioner, Bokaro, P.O. and P.S. Bokaro, District Bokaro. 5. Additional Collector, Bokaro, P.O. and P.S. Bokaro, District Bokaro. 6. District Land Acquisition Officer, Bokaro, P.O. and P.S. Bokaro, District Bokaro. 7. Sub Divisional Officer, Tenughat, P.O. and P.S. Tenughat, District Bokaro. 8. Circle Officer, Bermo, P.O. and P.S. Bermo, District Bokaro. … Respondent(s). CORAM : SRI ANANDA SEN, J. ------ For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. Saibal Mitra, Advocate Mr. Jageshwar Mahto, Advocate For the Respondents : Mr. Amit Kumar Das, Advocate Mr. Shivam Utkarsh Sahay, Advocate …...... 02 /12.05.2026: The petitioner prays for the following reliefs: “i. for issuance of appropriate Writ or Writs, Order or orders direction or directions commanding the concern Respondents to pay the Compensation to Petitioner, for their land situated in Khata No. 5, Mouza Jarangdih, Plot No. 181, 185, 186, 174 and other Plots, total Plots 108, Total Area 55.85 acres of Thana Gomiya, District Bokaro (Earlier Hazaribagh) because till date Jamabandi has been running for the aforesaid land in the name of Sadhmuni Devi i.e. mother of Petitioners, Rent Receipts also issued till year 2012 but Now Central Coal Fields have been claiming that 2026:JHHC:14449 2 land belongs to them but not giving any information when it has been acquired and whether any Award has been prepared for the aforesaid land or not; AND ii. for issuance of appropriate Writ or Writs, Order or orders, direction or directions commanding the concern Respondent i.e. General Manager, C.C.L., Kathara Area to dispose of the Representation dated 24-07-2023 by which Petitioner has requested him to pay the Compensation to them for his land situated at Khata No. 5, Mouza Jarangdih, Plot No. 181, 185, 186, 174 and other Plots, total Plots 108, Total Area 55.85 acres of Thana Gomiya, District Bokaro (Earlier Hazaribagh).” 2. The petitioner claims that the land belongs to the petitioner as the Jamabandi is running in the name of the mother of the petitioner and the respondent-State is receiving the rent of the land in question. 3. Receipt of the rent is not the proof of title. 4. In this case a very relieving admission has been made by the petitioner in paragraph no. 13, which is as follows: “That thereafter Petitioners have filed R.T.I. Application and has got information regarding his land vide Letter dated 19/20-12-2025 issued by the Public Information Officer, Kathara Area as per which land has been acquired in the year 1922 but Record of L.A. Case is not available. Railway Colliery has transferred the acquired land to NCDC (Later on CCL) in the year 1957.” 5. Paragraph no. 13 clearly suggest that the land was acquired in the year 1922 but the record of the LA Case is not available. Further from the aforesaid paragraph it is clear that the Railway Colliery has transferred the acquired land to NCDC which later on became Central Coalfield Limited in the year 1957. 6. As per the aforesaid admission of the petitioner in paragraph no. 13 which the petitioner has received from the RTI, it is clear that the land was acquired way-back in the year 1922. 7. Be that as it may, if the petitioner is claiming title over the property in question it will be proper to the petitioner to approach 2026:JHHC:14449 3 the appropriate Civil Court for establishing his right, title and interest over the property in question after impleading the State Government and the Central Coalfields Limited as the party. 8. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. (ANANDA SEN, J.) 12.05.2026 Tanuj/CP-2 Uploaded on 14.05.2026