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2025 Supreme(Online)(Pat) 4087

PATNA HIGH COURT
Rajiv Roy, J
Kamleshwar Tiwary – Appellant
Versus
The State Of Bihar – Respondent
Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.10372 of 2017



Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Mr. Anupa Nand Jha, Adv.
For the Respondent/s: Mr. R.K. Roy- Gp18

A writ petition can be dismissed for non-joinder of necessary parties and title issues must be resolved through civil proceedings.

Headnote:The petitioner filed for direction to correct the land records, claiming a purchase made in 2005. The Court found the title in dispute with many prior legitimate purchasers, ruling that necessary parties were not joined. Citing precedent on non-joinder, the petition was dismissed. The final outcome declared that the matter should proceed in a competent Civil Court.

Table of Content
1. petitioner's attempt to correct land records based on purchase status. (Para 2 , 3 , 4)
2. arguments regarding the legitimacy of the land title. (Para 8 , 9)
3. court's observation on non-joinder and proceedings that must follow. (Para 10 , 11 , 12)
4. fundamental ruling on the dismissal due to merit and non-joinder. (Para 13)

CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER

5 02-12-2025 Heard the parties.

2. The present petition has been preferred for the following relief/s:

(i) for issuance of direction upon the respondent to cure/correct the record of the petitioner from Register 2 or entry from the Bhagalpur and issue registry rent office receipt of 0.15 Decimal Land of the petitioner which was purchased in the year

2005;

(ii) for any other relief or reliefs which may be deemed fir and proper in the interest of justice.

3. The matter relates to a piece of land with following details:

Khata No. 65;

Khesra No. 245;

Area- 0.15 decimal;

Thana- 296 under Nathnagar Circle in the district of Bhagalpur.

4. The petitioner claims to purchase the said plot from one Bipin Mishra, son of late Deepnarayan Mishra on 15.11.2005. Asha Tiwary, who purchased the land died on 02.08.2008 and the petitioner is her husband. For the purchase made in the year 2005, an application for mutation was made on 14.12.2016, when action taken place, an appeal was preferred before the Public Grievance Redressal Officer, Sadar, Bhagalpur when a report came from the office of the Circle Officer, Nathnagar that earlier, Deepnarayan Mishra sold land to number of people and after mutations process completed with respect to such people, only 0.1 decimal of land remains (Annexure 3 to the petition). Accordingly, the petition of the petitioner was disposed of on 28.03.2017/31.03.2017 (Annexure 4 to the petition). The relevant paragraph is incorporated herein below:

“dzekda &10] ;g fd orZeku esa vkons d }kjk [kjhn dh xbZ [ksljk eas ek= 0-

01 Mh0 tehu “k’sk cpk gSA vr% mijkDs r izfrons u ls Li’V gkrs k gS fd nhi ukjk;.k feJ]

firk&pdz/kj feJ] lkfdu&jkeiqj Mhg }kjk [kkrk&65 d s [kls jk 245 dk 0-50 Mh0 jdok esa ls 5 vU; O;fDr;kas dk dzekda 1 ls 5 rd dks dze”k% 0-09] 0- 10] 0-10] 0-12 1@2] 0-7 1@2 Mh0 ;kfu dqy 0-49 Mh0 tehu dos kyk dj fn;k x;k gSA bl izdkj dqy 0-50 Mh0 eas ls ek= 0-01 Mh0 tehu gh “k’sk cp jgk gSA tcfd ifjoknh }kjk 0-15 Mh0 tehu ds jlhn dh ekxa dh tk jgh gSA izfrons u ds vuqlkj mDr lHkh nkf[ky&[kkfjt 2008&09] 2011&12] 2010&11 ,oa 2011&12 dk gS] tcfd ifjoknh }kjk mDr tehu 2005 eas gh [kjhnk x;k gS ,oa vpa ykf/kdkjh ds Lrj ls izkIr izfrosnu ls izrhr gkrs k gS fd ifjoknh }kjk djk;s x, nkf[ky&[kkfjt okn la0 4177@15&16 ls 2015&16 esa djk;k x;k gSA bl chp pkj nkf[ky&[kkfjt okn }kjk [ksljk 245 ds 0-50 Mh0 jdck ls lHkh jdck ?kVrs gq, ek= 0-01 Mh0 jdok “k’sk cpk gSA blesa dzsrk dh Hkfwedk Hkh lafnX/k gS fd tc 2005 eas gh ifjoknh dks tehu fcdz; dj fn;k x;k] rks iqu% ml tehu dks fdlh vU; jS;r dks D;kas fodz; fd;k x;kA vr% ifjoknh dk ekeyk tekcanh lq/kkj dk ekeyk izrhr gkrs k gSA vr% ifjoknh dk ifjoknh i= bl lw>ko ds lkFk fu’ikfnr fd;k tkrk gS fd blds fy, os l{ke U;k;ky; eas viuk okn nk;j dj ldrs gSaA bl fofu”p; dh izfr ifjoknh dks lwpukFkZ Hkts aAs ys[kkfir ,o a la”kkfs/kr g0 @& 28-03-17 g0 @& 28-03-17 ykds f”kdk;r fuokj.k inkf/kdkjh ykds f”kdk;r fuokj.k inkf/kdkjh lnj] Hkkxyiqj lnj] Hkkxyiqj ”

5. Aggrieved, the present writ petition.

6. It is to be noted that Annexure 3 contains the letter no 213 dated 20.02.2017 issued by the Circle Officer to the Public Grievance Redressal Officer, Sadar, Bhagalpur, Sadar enclosing the report of the Anchal Amin, according to which Birendra Prasad Singh, Ram Swaroop Singh, Shankar Singh, Saro Devi were the earlier purchasers from Deepnarayan Mishra (father of Vipin Mishra from whom the petitioner claims to have purchased the land) and the report clearly shows that after mutation of the land in question in their favour, only 0.1 decimal land is left out. Certainly, they have not been made party respondent in the writ petition.

7.

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