2026:JHHC:28568 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI W.P.(C) No. 7291 of 2026 Sujata Agarwal, W/o Raj Kumar Agarwal, R/o 4E, Sri Ram Apartment, Chandak Campus, Ranchi-Patna Road, Ward No. 9, PO- Jhumri Telaiya, PS-Telaiya, District-Koderma ... … Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Jharkhand 2. The Deputy Commissioner, Koderma 3. The Circle Officer, Koderma Sadar, Koderma 4. Santosh Kumar Bhadani, S/o Late Harihar Prasad Bhadani 5. Smt. Snehlata Devi, W/o Late Sukhdev Ram 6. Sachin Kumar, S/o Santosh Kumar Respondent Nos.4 to 6 are residents of Ward No. 9, PO-Jhumri Telaiya, PS-Telaiya, District-Koderma … … Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH SHANKAR ----- For the Petitioner : Mr. Ashok Kumar Sinha, Advocate Mr. Anshuman Kumar, Advocate Ms. Kumari Priambda, Advocate For the Respondent-State : Mr. Ankit Kumar, AC to SC-I ----- Order No. 03 Dated: 23.09.2026 1. The present writ petition has been filed for quashing the order dated 02.02.2026 (Annexure-5 to the writ petition) passed by the respondent no. 3 – the Circle Officer, Koderma Sadar Anchal, Koderma in Mutation Case No. 2694/2025-26 with respect to the land appertaining to Khata No. 1, Plot No. 147 measuring an area of 18.22 decimals of Village-Moriyawa, District-Koderma which, according to the petitioner, has been passed without any application of mind. The petitioner has also prayed for issuance of direction upon the respondent no. 3 to mutate the said land and to issue rent receipt of the same to the petitioner on payment of rent. 2. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering that the petitioner has statutory/efficacious remedy of 2026:JHHC:28568 2 preferring an appeal against the order dated 02.02.2026 passed by the respondent no. 3 under Section 15 of the Bihar Tenant's Holdings (Maintenance of Records) Act, 1973, I am not inclined to entertain the writ petition at this stage. The petitioner is, however, at liberty to take recourse of preferring appeal against the order dated 02.02.2026 passed by the respondent no. 3. 3. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with aforesaid liberty and direction. (Rajesh Shankar, J.) September 23, 2026 Manish Uploaded on 24.09.2026