IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 2201 of 2006 ================================================== Ram Sewak Mandal Son of Late Parduman Mandal, Resident of Village Sabour Aryatola, P.O. & P.S. Sabour, District Bhagalpur. .... .... Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. The Collector, Bhagalpur 3. The Deputy Collector, Land Reforms, Kahalgaon, District Bhagalpur. 4. (i) Most. Mala Devi (ii) Somnath Mandal (iii) Bidur Kumar (iv) Manorama Devi (v) Usha Devi (vi) Purva Devi (vii) Sanyukta Devi (viii) Suchita Devi (ix) Sharmila Devi All resident of Village Sadanandpur Vaisa, P.S. Kahalgaon District Bhagalpur. .... .... Respondents ================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Rajeev Rai For the Respondent/s : Mr. (PAAG) Mr. Suresh Chandra Giri Mr. Pravin Kumar Sinha ================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR ORAL ORDER 9. 02-04-2013 Heard Sri Rajeev Rai, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned A.C. to Principal Addl. Advocate General as well as Sri Pravin Kumar Sinha, learned counsel appearing on behalf of private respondents. The present writ petition is in relation to a dispute under Section 48 E of the Bihar Tenancy Act, 1885. Patna High Court CWJC No.2201 of 2006 (9) dt.02-04-2013 2 / 2 2 During the pendency of the writ petition, an appropriate forum, as ‘Land Tribunal’, has already been constituted and functioning for adjudication of such dispute under the provisions of Bihar Land Tribunal Act, 2009. Accordingly, the Court is of the opinion that matter can be referred to the Land Tribunal for its proper adjudication. In view of provision contained in Section 15 of the Bihar Land Tribunal Act, 2009, the Registry is directed to transmit the record to the Tribunal forthwith Anay (Rakesh Kumar, J.)