IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.1726 of 1999 1. Umesh Chaurasia, son of late Anuplal Chaurasia 2. Vidyanand Chaurasia, son of late Chamari Chaurasia 3. Parmanand Chaurasia, son of late Chamari Chaurasia 4. Nagendra Chaurasia, son of late Jay Narayan Chaurasia 5. Ram Pravesh Das, son of late Surendra Das 6. Sheikh Kalim, son of Sheikh Rahit Khan 7. Dholan Das, son of Sri Jageshwar Das 8. Dayanand Chaurasia, son of late Siyaram Chaurasia 9. Butailal Saha, son of late Hallo Sah 10. Bhupal Rai, son of late Fuddi Rai All resident of Village Naya Bas Indira Nagar Rupahil, P.S. Parbatta, District – Khagaria. ------------------- Petitioners. Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. The Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar, Patna. 3. Land Reforms Commissioner, Government of Bihar, Patna. 4. The Commissioner, Munger Division, Munger 5. The District Magistrate, Khagaria 6. The Circle Officer, Parbatta, Khagaria --------------- Respondents 1st Set. 7. Smt. Kamla Devi Tewari, Wife of late Bishwa Nath Tewari 8. Pradip Kumar Tewari 9. Anil Kumar Tewari 10. Sunil Kumar Tewari 11. Mukund Tewari, Alias Vimal Tewari All sons of late B.N. Tewari. All are residents of village Parbatta, P.S. Parbatta, District – Khagaria. ---------------------- Respondents 2nd Set. ----------- 14 02.12.2008 An early dispute with regard to a piece and parcel of land and the legality of its acquisition under the Land Acquisition Act was a matter of dispute between the present private respondents and the State vide order dated 16.12.1996 passed in C.W.J.C. No. 3008 of 1988, the Court came to a conclusion that the proceeding in question stood vitiated and lapsed, the writ application, therefore succeeded. Subsequently, the present writ application namely, C.W.J.C. No. 1726 of 1999 was filed - 2 - by the present petitioners on the ground that they had a vested interest and their rights was affected by the decision and the order in question came to be passed without hearing them. It was in this background that vide order dated 22.02.1999, the writ application was accepted and interim protection by way of a status quo was ordered to be maintained. Despite several indulgence granted to the petitioners, there is no representation on behalf of the petitioners, the writ application is dismissed for non- prosecution. The interim order passed in the case would be deemed to have been vacated. Rajeev/ (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.)