IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.16389 of 2004 MAHANTH SATYA NARAIN DAS CHELA OF LATE KAMAL DAS, RESIDENT OF MOHALLA- PAKHARIYA (THAKURBARI) MUNICIPALITY WARD NO. 15, P.S. AND DISTT.- BEGUSARAI – PETITIONER. Versus 1. BIHAR STATE BOARD OF RELIGIOUS TRUST THROUGH ITS CHAIRMAN VIDYAPATI MARG, PATNA, BIHAR. 2. THE CHAIRMAN, BIHAR STATE BOARD OF RELIGIOUS TRUST THROUGH ITS CHAIRMAN VIDYAPATI MARG, PATNA, BIHAR. 3. THE SECRETARY, BIHAR STATE BOARD OF RELIGIOUS TRUST, VIDYAPATI MARG, PATNA, BIHAR. – RESPONDENTS. --------- For the petitioner: Mr. Mahendra Pd. Gupta, Adv. For respondents : Mr. Shekhar Singh, Adv. ------- 4/ 25-04-2011 Heard the parties. The petitioner is aggrieved by order dated 25.07.2003 (Annexure-7), passed by respondent no.2, whereby permission sought by the petitioner for selling certain lands belonging to the trust, has been rejected. Apparently, the present writ petition was filed in the year 2004 and almost seven years have elapsed since then. The cause for selling the lands may not be surviving now. Learned counsel for the respondent, Bihar State Board of Religious Trust, submits that on previous occasion also the matter was remitted by this Court to the respondent Board for consideration of the claim of the petitioner, but that was rejected. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that, in fact, the consideration of the 2 respondent Board was not in proper perspective and it appears that independent mind has not been applied by respondent no.2 while passing such an order. After having heard the parties and on consideration of materials on record, this Court finds that the Chairman of the Board, who passed the impugned order, is no longer there and he has been replaced by another Chairman. In the aforesaid facts and circumstance, if the petitioner has at all any valid cause for transferring such land for the benefit of the trust, then he may apply before the present Chairman within a period of four weeks from today. If such a representation is filed then that may be considered in accordance with law by the present Chairman and may be disposed of in accordance with law within a period of three months from the date of filing of such representation. However, if no such representation is filed by the petitioner within the time prescribed by this Court with a certified copy of the present order, then it shall be construed that the present writ petition has finally been rejected by the Court. With the aforesaid observations/directions, the present writ petition stands disposed of. No costs. BTiwary/ ( Birendra Prasad Verma, J.)