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CASE NO.:
Appeal (civil) 7070 of 2001
PETITIONER:
RAMESHWAR RAM & ORS
RESPONDENT:
STATE OF BIHAR & ORS
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 27/02/2008
BENCH:
TARUN CHATTERJEE & HARJIT SINGH BEDI
JUDGMENT:
JUDGMENT
O R D E R
CIVIL APPEAL NO.7070/2001
This appeal is directed against the order dated 11.9.2000 passed
by the Division Bench of the High Court of Judicature at Patna in L.P.A.
No.1088 of 1999 by which the LPA was disposed of in the following manner:
"The collector to comply with the direction given by the
Member, Board of Revenue, which runs as follows:
"Accordingly the land transferred to Devendra Rai,
Amala Rai and Bachi Devi after 9.9.70 without the
permission of the Collector shall be kept in the
ceiling area of the land holder and an equal area of
other land of the land holder shall be declared as
surplus in the ceiling case no.4/28/73-74 so that the
interest of the innocent purchasers is not affected."
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This court has further directed that the
Collector will issue notice to the parcha holders who have been
granted purchase with regard to lands claimed by the
purchaser before cancelling the same. The submission made
on behalf of the appellants that they are remedy less is without
justification. The Collector has to issue notice before
cancelling the parchas. The appellants will get opportunity to
place before him their stand which has to be considered by the
Collector before passing the final order in terms of the orders
passed by this Court."
We have carefully examined the orders of the Division Bench as
well as of the learned Single Judge of the High Court, and after hearing the
learned counsel for the parties, we are of the view that no interference is
required in the said order of the Division Bench of the High Court excepting that
we direct that the Collector shall issue notice and give proper opportunity to
place
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before him the stand of the appellants, which shall be considered by him on
merits before passing any final order cancelling the parcha. The Collector shall
decide the same within three months from the date of supply of this order to
him. With this observation, the appeal is disposed of with no order as to costs.