CIVIL WRIT JURISDICTION CASE No. 8632 OF 1991 ***** ( In the matter of applications under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India ) ****** ABHAY KUMAR SINGH, SON OF LATE RAGHUBANSH KUMAR SINGH, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE JAMHOR, POLICE STATION JAMHOR, DISTRICT AURANGABAD. AT PRESENT RESIDENT OF 25/B, SRI KRISHNAPURI, POLICE STATION SRI KRISHNAPURI, TOWN AND DISTRICT PATNA ………………………..…………………………………………….……...PETITIONER VERSUS 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. THE DISTRICT MAGISTRATE –CUM- COLLECTOR, AURANGABAD 3. THE ADDITIONAL COLLECTOR, AURANGABAD 4. THE SUB DIFVISIONAL OFFICER, AURANGABAD 5. THE LAND REFORMS DEPUTY COLLECTOR, AURANGABAD 6. THE ANCHAL ADHIKARI, AURANGABAD 7. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, AURANGABAD 8. THE OFFICER-IN-CHARGE, JAMHOR POLICE STATION, AURANGABAD …………………………………………………..…………………….RESPONDENTS ******************** FOR THE PETITIONER :- MR. (DR.) ANIL KUMAR UPADHYAY, ADV. MR. RAKESH KR. SAMRENDRA, ADV. FOR THE RESPONDENTS :- MR. SANJIV KUMAR, ADVOCATE ************** P R E S E N T THE HON'BLE JUSTICE SMT. SHEEMA ALI KHAN O R D E R Sheema Ali Khan, J. The petitioner’s father late Raghubansh Kumar Singh had filed CWJC No. 2565 of 1980 challenging the order passed by the Circle Officer settling Plot Nos. 2071 and 2072 appertaining to Khata No. 286 in village Jamhor, Police Station Aurangabad (now Jamhor Police Station). Later Raghubansh Kumar Singh claimed that the lands were settled to him by the ex-landlord - 2 - in the year 1944 and he was granted receipts bythe ex-landlord and thereafter by the State of Bihar. This Court while hearing the matter, quashed the order by which purchas were issued, settling the lands as described aforesaid. As a consequence of the orders of this Court in the writ application, Annexures 8 and 9 were issued, canceling the purchas issued to the third parties. In the year 1991 when the present writ application was filed, the petitioner on apprehension of a verbal order passed by the Commissioner of the Division, apprehended that he would be dispossessed from the lands in question, as it was decided in the Janata Darbar that the lands will be settled to the landless persons. At the time when this writ application was listed, this Court granted an interim relief to the petitioner, inasmuch, as it directed that possession of the petitioner over Plot Nos. 2070, 2071 and 2072 measuring 26.88 acres appertaining to Khata No. 286 should not be disturbed. The Commissioner of the Division thereafter has not passed any order with respect to the issuance of purchas or settlement of the lands of the aforesaid plots, as such there is no apprehension left and there is no need for the petitioner to pursue this writ - 3 - application. In any case, the petitioner is protected by the earlier order of this Court. This writ application is thus disposed of. ( Sheema Ali Khan, J. ) PATNA HIGH COURT DATED, THE 16th OCTOBER, 2010 N.A.F.R./ANAND