IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.5129 of 2021 ======================================================

1. Meera Devi Wife of Late Brahmanand Goswami Resident of Village- Ghasi Tola Marangi, P.O. and Police Station- Mansahi, District- Katihar.

2. Manoj Kumar Goswami Son of Late Brahmanand Goswami Resident of Village- Ghasi Tola Marangi, P.O. and Police Station- Mansahi, District-

Katihar.

3. Prem Ranjan Goswami Son of Late Brahmanand Goswami Resident of Village- Ghasi Tola Marangi, P.O. and Police Station- Mansahi, District-

Katihar.

4. Niru Kumari Wife of Rakesh Kumar Mishra, Daughter of Late Brahmanand Goswami Resident of Quarter No. 110/2B Amna, S.P. Street, Police Station-

Amna, Kolkatta- 700009.

5. Nisha Kumari Wife of Rahul Goswami, Daughter of Late Brahmanand Goswami Resident of Village- Bhramarpur Police Station- Bihpur, District-

Bhagalpur.

6. Anju Kumari Daughter of Late Brahmanand Goswami Resident of Village-

Ghasi Tola Marangi, P.O. and Police Station- Mansahi, District- Katihar.

... ... Petitioner/s Versus

1. The State of Bihar Through the District Magistrate, Katihar.

2. The District Magistrate Katihar.

3. The Additional Collector Katihar.

4. The Sub- Divisional Magistrate Katihar.

5. The Anchal Adhikari Mansahi, District- Katihar.

6. The Bihar State Board of Religious Trust Vidyapati Marg, Patna-1 through its President.

7. The Superintendent Bihar State Board of Religious Trust, Vidyapati Marg, Patna-1.

8. Dinesh Giri Son of Late Doman Giri Goswami Resident of Village- Ghasi Tola Marangi, P.O. and Police Station- Mansahi, District- Katihar.

9. Sanjeev Kumar Singh Son of Late Sushil Kumar Singh Resident of Village-

Ghasi Tola Marangi, P.O. and Police Station- Mansahi, District- Katihar.

10. Administrator, Bihar State Board of Religious Trust, Vidyapati Marg, Patna -

1.

... ... Respondent/s ======================================================

Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Jitendra Prasad Singh, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Suresh Pd Singh For the Respondent/s : Mr. Chandra Kant Mr. Sudhanshu Prakash Mr. Bimal Kumar Jha Mr. Ajit Kumar Singh Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh For the State : Mr. Prashant Pratap, GP-2 For the Board : Mr. Ganpati Triwedi, Sr. Adv.

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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER

9 06-01-2026 1. The petitioners have filed the present writ application for setting aside the order, dated 11.12.2020, passed by the President, Bihar State Board of Religious Trust (in short “Trust Board), by which he has directed the Anchal Adhikari to record the name of “Sri Shivji” as raiyat of the land of the temple, namely, Marangi Shiv Mandir, Ghasi Tola, Katihar, and for removal of encroachment over the subject land and further directed for constitution of committee of 07 members for management of the temple, in question.

2. The background fact of the case relates to the property and management of Shiv Mandir, Ghasi Tola, Marangi, Police Station Mansahi, District Katihar, which was donated and constructed by one Late Babu Lal Singh and Late Domangiri Goswami was appointed as Sevayat for offering pooja in the temple.

3. Late Babu Lal Singh executed a registered deed of “Khorposh”, dated 19.12.1953, in favour of the Sevayat with respect to land donated for temple, the details of which are mentioned in paragraph nos. 6 and 7of the writ application.

4. In the registered deed, the line of succession has been described to the extent that after death of Domangiri Goswami, his heirs will offer the pooja in temple and also manage and maintain the temple, in question.

5. The case of the petitioners is that since then the petitioners, being heirs of the original Sevayat i.e. Late Domangiri Goswami, are maintaining and managing the temple.

6. In the year 1988, the Trust Board issued a direction appointing the Committee for management of the property of the temple and the then Deputy Collector Land Reforms (DCLR) was appointed as Chairman of the Committee.

7. The husb