Jharkhand Court November 2006 Judgments

Triveni Prasad Pandey Vs. State of Jharkhand and ors.

Court: Jharkhand

Reported in: [2007(3)JCR110(Jhr)]

ORDERN.N. Tiwari, J.1. The petitioner has sought a direction on the respondent No. 2 to dispose of the proceeding of Case No. 1 of 1982-83 under the purported provision of Section 4(h) of the Bihar Land Reforms Act, 1950 (hereinafter referred to as the said Act). It has been stated that the said proceeding was initiated against the petitioner in the year 1982. The learned Land Reforms Deputy Collector by his order dated 1.7.1988 after thorough inquiry, has found the settlement by the ex-landlord genuine and is not covered by the mischief contemplated under Section 4(h) of the said Act. He has, thus, found the proceeding worth dropping and recommended for the same to the Additional Collector. Since then the respondent No. 4 has been keeping the matter pending. The petitioner made the said grievance before the Commissioner, who, by order dated 22.2.1999, had directed the Additional Collector to dispose of the said proceeding under Section 4(h) as quickly as possible, preferably within a ...