1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.7033 of 2008 RAMASHRAY SAH Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 2 14.7.2008 Petitioner has come to this Court for a direction to the Collector, East Champaran at Motihari to register an appeal filed by him on 25.5.2007 and proceed with it in accordance with law for its disposal. Petitioner’s grievance is that there are several Hats situated in Adapur Block, which are being sought to be settled by the revenue authority, which is not permissible as the control of Hat and Bazar is vested in the Gram Panchayat which he is protesting. Against this the appeal has been filed to the Collector as all the officers, who are trying to take such action are subordinate to the Collector of the district. This application/ appeal, petitioner contends, should be registered and then should be disposed of by the Collector. In my view, once an appeal/ application is filed before the district Collector in the shape of revenue appeal in terms of Board Miscellaneous Rules, it has to be registered and disposed of by the Collector on merits.He cannot either refuse to register it without any reason or leave it as such. To my mind, no exception can be made to it. Without expressing any opinion with regard to the merits of the contentions, as raised by the petitioner, I direct the district Collector, East Champaran at Motihari to register the revenue appeal, which was filed by the petitioner allegedly on or about 2 25.5.2007 and pass an appropriate order thereon in accordance with law within a period of three months from today. This application stands disposed of. singh (Navaniti Prasad Singh )