IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.3288 of 2008 ====================================================== 1. Ashish Anand, son of Shri Mahendra Prasad Mandal 2. Jayant Kumar Bhushan, son of Late Sadanand Mandal 3. Om Prakash Roy, son of Shri Parmanand Mandal, All resident of village Bade Hasanpur, post Sinhnana, Police Station Jagdishpur, District Bhagalpur .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. The District Magistrate, Bhagalpur 3. The director, Consolidation, Bhagalpur 4. The Consolidation Officer, Bhagalpur 5. The additional Consolidation Officer, Bhagalpur 6. The Sub Divisional Officer, Bhagalpur 7. The Block Development Officer, Jagdishpur, Bhagalpur 8. The Circle Inspector, Jagdishpur, Bhagalpur 9. The Halka Karamchari, Jagdishpur Block, Bhagalpur 10. The Mukhiya, Gram Panchayat, Bhawanipur, Deshir, Jagdishpur, Bhagalpur 11. The Gram Sevak, Gram Panchayat Bhawanipur Deshri, Jagdishpur, Bhagalpur .... .... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Surya Prakash Mr. Ratnakar Ambastha Mr. Rajendra Pd.Sah For the Respondent/s : Mr. (Sc2) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SHEEMA ALI KHAN ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SHEEMA ALI KHAN) 3 18-10-2011 The petitioners claim that they are DHANUK by caste, which would be apparent from the survey entry whereas in the chakbandi survey khatiyan, the name of their ancestors Fakiran Mandal, Mallu @ Mantu Mandal, Rooplal Mandal and Narayan Mandal have been shown to be Kurmi, Koiri, Desbar Kurmi in place of Dhanuk. It is submitted that an application has Patna High Court CWJC No.3288 of 2008 (3) dt.18-10-2011 2 / 2 2 been filed on behalf of the petitioners before the District Magistrate, Bhagalpur for grant of caste certificate. The petitioners are directed to pursue this matter before the District Magistrate, Bhagalpur who shall pass an appropriate order after looking into the records of the survey entry and cadastral entry within a period of four months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. This writ application is disposed of with the aforesaid observations. Prabhakar Anand/- (Sheema Ali Khan, J)