SHREE CHANDRASHEKHAR, NAVNEET KUMAR
State of Jharkhand, through the Secretary, Revenue, Registration and Land Reforms Department – Appellant
Versus
Md. Zulfan Ansari, son of Late Muslim Ansari – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Shree Chandrashekhar, A.C.J.
The Interlocutory Applications filed for condoning the delay in preferring the present Letters Patent Appeals are taken up for hearing.
2. After hearing the learned counsels for the parties and considering the facts and circumstances in these cases and also after going through the cause shown in these Interlocutory Applications seeking condonation of delay, we find sufficient ground to condone the delay in preferring the present Letters Patent Appeals and, accordingly, I.A. No. 7250 of 2023 in L.P.A. No. 318 of 2022, I.A No. 7246 of 2023 in L.P.A. No. 319 of 2022, I.A. No. 7248 of 2023 in L.P.A No. 320 of 2022, I.A No. 7247 of 2023 in L.P.A No. 369 of 2022 and I.A No. 7249 of 2023 in L.P.A No. 406 of 2022 are allowed.
3. In this batch of the Letters Patent Appeals, the State of Jharkhand seeks to challenge the orders passed by the writ Court on the ground that the disputed questions of fact as regards the right, title and interest in a landed property cannot be adjudicated in a writ proceeding and, that too, when serious allegations of forgery
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