2026:JHHC:19908 Page | 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI W.P.(C) No. 4769 of 2026 ------ Lal Jay Prakash Nath Shahdeo, Son of Late Lal Bhupneswar Nath Sahdeo, Resident of Indrapuri Road, PO-Hehal, PS-Sukhdeonagar, Dist-Ranchi. … … Petitioner(s) Versus 1. The State of Jharkhand. 2. The Deputy Commissioner, Latehar, PO & PS-Latehar, Dist- Latehar. 3. The Additional Collector, Latehar, PO & PS-Latehar, Dist-Latehar. 4. The Land Reforms Deputy Commissioner, Latehar, PO & PS- Latehar, Dist-Latehar. 5. The Settlement Officer, Latehar, PO & PS-Latehar, Dist-Latehar. 6. The Circle Officer, Chandwa, PO & PS-Chandwa, Dist-Latehar. … … Respondent(s) ------ CORAM : SRI ANANDA SEN, J. ------ For the Petitioner(s) : Mrs. Nanda Kumari, Advocate For the Respondent(s) : M/s Rishi Bharati, AC to AAG-III ------ 02/ 07th July, 2026 1. Heard the parties. 2. It is the grievance of the petitioner that the land records have not been properly maintained in respect of the land of the petitioner in Khata No.101 (old Khata No.34), Plot No. 560 (Old Plot No.430) in the revisional survey khatiyan. 3. It has been submitted that the respondents have erroneously entered the area as 62 decimals in Khata No.101 (Old Khata No.34) in the revisional survey in place of 1.06 acres. 4. Further, it has been prayed to restore the name of the petitioner’s grandfather in respect of the land in question. After removing the name of one Sukhari Oraon, which has been wrongly mentioned. 5. Further, prayer has been made to rectify the revenue records in respect of Khata No. 07, (old) wherein, it has been wrongly mentioned as ‘0’ pertaining to new Plot No.284 (old Plot No.221). 6. Further, a prayer has been made to make necessary corrections in the digital records also. 7. The grievance of the petitioner cannot be addressed by this Court by exercising jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. 8. The petitioner is directed to approach the Circle Officer, 2026:JHHC:19908 Page | 2 Chandwa, District-Latehar with all his grievance which would be considered and an appropriate order would be passed, after hearing all the concerned parties. 9. It is made clear that if it is found that there is no dispute in respect of the title and the errors are clerical in nature, necessary corrections should be made. 10. If there is a dispute of title between any of the parties, then the Circle Officer may relegate the parties to the Civil Court for resolving the dispute with respect to the land in question. 11. The entire process should be completed within a period of 12 weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. 12. With the aforesaid observation, this writ petition stands disposed of. (ANANDA SEN, J.) 07th July, 2026 S.K.D/CP-2 Uploaded on 10.07.2026