IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA SA No.293 of 2004 SURAJ PRASAD @ SURYA PRAKASH Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 03. 16.05.2008 Heard learned counsel for the plaintiffs-appellants- appellants. In a suit for declaration of title and for declaration that the suit land was not a public land and also for declaration that the order of the learned D.C., L.R, Siwan dated 26.11.1975 was illegal and void and for other ancillary reliefs, both the learned courts below have specifically found that the suit land was a public land and the plaintiffs were not in possession prior to vesting of the Zamindari into the State of Bihar under the Bihar Land Reforms Act and that plaintiffs had encroached the lands after the year 1956. This clearly disproved the plaintiffs’ claim of settlement by ex- intermediaries prior to vesting and hence the plaintiffs cannot claim any right or title over the suit property. Furthermore, the title suit having been filed in the year 1984 i.e. well within the period of 30 years from 1956, the plea of adverse possession raised by the plaintiffs was not sustainable. In the said circumstances, this court does not find any illegality in the judgments and decree of the learned courts below nor does it find any substantial question of law involved in this appeal which is accordingly dismissed. harish (S.N. Hussain, J.)