IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.12275 of 2026 ====================================================== Pappu Singh Son Of - Sato Singh Resident of Village - Jaitpur, Ward No. 15, P.O.- Jaitpur, P.S.- Barahia, Block- Barahia, District - Lakhisarai. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar through the Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar, Patna. 2. The Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Revenue and Land Reforms, Government of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Collector/District Magistrate, Lakhisarai, District - Lakhisarai. 4. The Additional Collector, Lakhisarai, District - Lakhisarai. 5. The Circle Officer, Block- Barahia, District - Lakhisarai. 6. The Revenue Officer, Block- Barahia, District - Lakhisarai ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Prabhojot Singh, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Mr. Standing Counsel (7) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 2 17-08-2026 Heard the parties. 2. The present petition has been preferred for the following relief/s: “(i) for issuance of a Writ of Certiorari to quash the order dated 17.07.2026 passed by the Additional Collector, Lakhisarai in Mutation Case No. JBCA-46/2026-2027, whereby and whereunder the mutation in the name of the grandfather of the petitioner has been cancelled on his ancestral land. (ii) to Issue an appropriate writ, order, or direction, particularly in the nature of a Writ of Patna High Court CWJC No.12275 of 2026(2) dt.17-08-2026 2/3 Mandamus, commanding the Respondents to restore the jamabandi on the ancestral land of the Petitioner in the official revenue records as it existed earlier, and also to maintain the status quo regarding possession and title, and to immediately stop construction, if any or dispossession activities on the subject land until the final adjudication of this case. And/or Pass any other writ/writs, order/orders, direction/directions. that your lordship may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the present case.” 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the order in question clearly shows that it is a cryptic order and only because a recommendation was made, the Additional Collector, Lakhisarai passed the order dated 17.07.2026. 4. Learned counsel for the State submits that the case is appealable. 5. This Court has gone through the short order of the Additional Collector, Lakhisarai and in that background, when there is a long Jamabandi, while allowing the petitioner to Patna High Court CWJC No.12275 of 2026(2) dt.17-08-2026 3/3 approach the Collector, Lakhisarai against the order in question, it is necessary that till he/she decides, the petitioner is protected. 6. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of directing the petitioner to approach the Collector, Lakhisarai in next four weeks and if such petition is preferred within the aforesaid period along with all the supporting documents, till the authority decides the matter, status quo as existing today, shall be maintained. 7. The writ petition is disposed of with the aforesaid observation. Sanny/- (Rajiv Roy, J) U