PRABHASH MUKHERJEE Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND & ORS.

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Heard Mr. L.K. Lal, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Manjul Prasad, learned counsel for the State.

(2.) By this application, petitioner has prayed for quashing the letter dated 15-12-2004 as contained in Annexure-8 to this writ application, which was issued by the Additional Collector, Hazaribagh to the Secretary to the Commissioner, North Chhotanagpur Division, Hazaribagh, informing him that the application filed by the petitioner for renewal of the Khas Mahal Lease in respect of plot No. 1065 within holding No. 239 measuring 62 decimals, situated at village Cantonment in the Sarkari Hata Government Estate, Hazaribagh, has been rejected and the lands alleged to have been resumed.

(3.) The facts which are relevant for the decision of the instant case, are as follows: