Ram Narayan Pandey @ Ram Narayan Das v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.20433 of 2025 ====================================================== Ram Narayan Pandey @ Ram Narayan Das S/o Late Kanhaiya Das @ Kahanya Pandey, R/o Mohalla- Nasriganj, Post- Maner, Police StationManer, District- Patna, State - Bihar, Indian PIN - 801109. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Department of Land Reform and Land Revenue, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 2.

The Director of Land Reform and Consolidation, Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna.

3.

The District Survey and Consolidation Officer, Patna, Bihar. 4.

The Collector, Patna, Bihar.

5.

The Additional Collector, Patna, Bihar.

6.

The Survey Settlement Officer, Patna, Bihar.

7.

The Deputy Collector of Land Reform, Danapur, Patna, Bihar. 8.

The Circle Officer, Maner, Patna, Bihar.

... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ranjit Jha, Advocate.

For the Respondent/s :

Mr. Sita Ram Yadav, GP 16 with Mr. Rakesh Kumar Shrivastava, AC to GP 16.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE A. ABHISHEK REDDY ORAL ORDER 24-12-2025 Without going into the merits or demerits of the case, the present writ petition is disposed of at the stage of admission with the consent of both the Counsels.

2. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits that the petitioner has given a representation dated 26.09.2020 to the DCLR, Danapur ventilating his grievance for correcting his name in the Khatiyan. However, the

Patna High Court CWJC No.20433 of 2025(2) dt.24-12-2025 2/3 authority have not passed any order till date. Learned counsel for the petitioner, therefore, seeks a direction from this Court to direct the Collector, Patna i.e. Respondent No. 4 herein to dispose of the representation made by the petitioner by fixing a time frame.

3. Per contra, the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the Respondent-State submits that the representation filed along with the present writ petition are given to the Circle Officer as well as the DCLR, Danapur and there is no representation of the Collector, Patna having received the same. Learned counsel submits that in case the petitioner, if so advised, he can give a fresh representation to the Respondent No. 4 herein and the same shall be considered in accordance with law.

4. Having regard to the above made submissions, the present writ petition is disposed of granting liberty to the petitioner to give a fresh representation along with necessary document to the Collector, Patna i.e. Respondent No. 4 herein within a period of four weeks from today. On such representation been received, the authority shall endeavour to dispose of the same as expeditiously as possible preferably within a period of 12 weeks from the date of the receipt of the

Patna High Court CWJC No.20433 of 2025(2) dt.24-12-2025 3/3 representation by the petitioner. Any order passed shall be communicated to the party.

5. With the above directions, the present Writ Petition stands disposed of.

(A. Abhishek Reddy, J) shakir/- U