IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.991 of 2011 1. VIJAY CHAUDHARY W/O LATE DAHU CHAUDHARY 2. GULABIYA DEVI W/O LATE ISHWAR MANJHI 3. RAJESH MANJHI S/O LATE SIDHO MANJHI ALL R/O VILL. MILKI, P.S. WARISALIGANJ, DIST. NAWADA --- PETITIONERS. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, NAWADA 3. THE SUB-DIVISIONAL OFFICER, NAWADA 4. THE BLOCK DEVELOPMENT OFFICER, WARISALIGANJ, NAWADA 5. THE CIRCLE OFFICER, WARISALIGANJ, NAWADA 6. RANJIT YADAV S/O LATE RAMOTAR YADAV 7. RAM BRIKSH YADAV S/O RAMESHWAR YADAV 8. MANOJ YADAV S/O LATE JANAKI MAHTO 9. AJAY PRASAD S/O LATE BARHO MAHTO 10. SHRI CHAUDHARY S/O PYARE CHAUDHARY RESPONDENT NOS. 6 TO 10 R/O VILL. MILKI P.S. WARISALIGANJ, DIST. NAWADA. --- RESPONDENTS. For the petitioners : Mr. Surendra Kishore, Advocate. For the State : Mr. R.R.Tiwari, AC to AAG-12. ----------- 02 21.01.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the State. Petitioners claim to be privileged tenants. It is stand of the petitioners that they were given purcha(s) under the provision of the Bihar Privileged Persons Homestead Tenancy Act, 1947 in respect of pieces of land appertaining to Khata no. 251, Khesra no. 2289, situated in village Hazipur within Warisaliganj circle in the District of Nawada. Petitioners in this regard rely on Annexure-4. It is the stand of the petitioners that they are now threatened with eviction therefrom by the private respondents herein who claimed to be purchasers of lands by registered instrument from one Md. Amant Hussain. One of the 2 prayers made in the application is as under:- “ii. For further directions to respondent authorities to dispose of the representation of the petitioners in the light of report of officer-in-charge 15.1.2010 submitted by the S.I. to the B.D.O. and S.P. whereby it was reported that the petitioners in position in view of Baskit Parcha, rent receipt issued in their favour.” Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that he would be satisfied if the pending representation before the concerned respondent be directed to be disposed of in accordance with law. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondent State, on the other hand, referring to communication dated 06.05.2010, addressed to the Superintendent of Police (Annexure-5) submits that the police on the basis of an application preferred by the petitioners made certain enquiries wherefrom it has been found that a dispute relating to the land is pending before this Court vide C.W.J.C. no. 377 of 1994. To this learned counsel submits that petitioners herein are not party in the said writ proceeding. Considering the stand of the petitioners, this Court is inclined to dispose of this application by following observation/direction:- Let petitioners approach respondent Circle Officer Warisaliganj and file a detailed representation supported by document(s) within a period of four weeks from today together with a copy of the present order. Once such an application is filed within the aforesaid time respondent Circle Officer shall 3 consider and dispose of the same in accordance with law as quickly as possible. Sym ( Kishore K. Mandal, J.)