IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.1955 of 2026 ====================================================== Ashok Kumar S/o Late Yogendra Sharma, Resident of Village- Goietha, Barhi Tola, Ward No. 4, P.S. - Harsidhi, District- East Champaran, Motihari. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar through Principal Secretary, Revenue and Land Reforms, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 2. The Principal Secretary, Revenue and Land Reforms, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Collector-Cum-District Magistrate, East Champaran, Motihari. 4. The Addl. Collector, East Champaran, Motihari. 5. The Anchaladhikari, Harsidhi, East Champaran, Motihari. 6. Chaturgun Sharma, S/o Late Raghuveer Sharma, Resident of village- Goietha, Barhi Tola, Ward No. 4, P.S.- Harsidhi, District- East Champaran, Motihari. 7. Sanjay Sharma, S/o Chaturgun Sharma, Resident of village- Goietha, Barhi Tola, Ward No. 4, P.S.- Harsidhi, District- East Champaran, Motihari. 8. Alok Sharma, S/o Chaturgun Sharma, Resident of village- Goietha, Barhi Tola, Ward No. 4, P.S.- Harsidhi, District- East Champaran, Motihari. 9. Ramesh Sharma, S/o Chaturgun Sharma, Resident of village- Goietha, Barhi Tola, Ward No. 4, P.S.- Harsidhi, District- East Champaran, Motihari. 10. The Sub-Divisional Magisrate, Areraj, East Champaran, Motihari ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Sharda Nand Mishra, Advocate : Ms. Isha Mishra, Advocate : Mr. Sumit Kumar Gupta, Advocate For the State : Mr. Government Pleader (16) : Mr. Yatindra Narayan, AC to GP-16 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 2 05-02-2026 Learned counsel for the petitioner prays for and is allowed to implead the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Areraj, East Champaran, Motihar as respondent no.10 in course of the day. 2. Heard Ms. Isha Mishra, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel representing the State. Patna High Court CWJC No.1955 of 2026(2) dt.05-02-2026 2/3 3. The present petition has been preferred for the grant of following relief(s): “(i) for issuance of writ nature of mandamus for direction to the respondents to consider the applications dated 16.12.2025 filed before the respondents for demarcations of the purchased land and deliver possessions to the petitioner. (ii) for further issue directions to respondents to give protections from the private respondents who have forcibly took possession of the purchased land of the petitioner whenever they have no any title. (iii) for that further give other consequential benefit to the petitioners.” 4. Learned State counsel submits that for the redressal of the grievance, the petitioner ought to have move before the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Areraj, East Champaran against the respondent no.6 to 9, so that proper notices are issued, appropriate passed. 5. At this stage, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that though petitions were already preferred before all the concerned respondents including the Principal Secretary, Patna High Court CWJC No.1955 of 2026(2) dt.05-02-2026 3/3 Land Reforms, Bihar and the Collector, East Champaran, Motihari, appropriate steps shall be taken for moving before the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Areraj, East Champaran. 6. If such petition is preferred in next four weeks after noticing/hearing the parties, it be taken to its logical conclusion. 7. The writ petition is disposed of with the aforesaid observation. vinayak/- (Rajiv Roy, J) U