IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC NO.11191 OF 2010 1. SMT.MEENA DEVI, WIFE OF BHOLA MANDAL 2. TRILOKI MANDAL, SON OF MAHABIR MANDAL 3. VAKIL MANDAL, SON OF BHOLA MANDAL 4. PRASADI MANDAL, SON OF BIDESHI MANDAL 5. SUNIL KUMAR MANDAL, SON OF BIDESHI MANDAL 6. ANIL MANDAL @ ANIL KUMAR MANDAL, SON OF BIDESHI MANDAL 7. SM.T SHEELA DEVI, WIFE OF MAHENDRA MANDAL 8. MAHENDRA MANDAL, SON OF LATE RAM MANDAL 9. GANAURI MANDAL, SON OF MAHENDRA MANDAL 10. MURLIDHAR MANDAL, SON OF LABBU MANDAL 11. GOVIND MANDAL, SON OF LABBU MANDAL 12. BECHAN MANDAL, WIFE OF LATE SMT. PHUTKI DEVI 13. KHOKHA MANDAL, WIFE OF LATE SM.T RANNO DEVI 14. ANANDI MANDAL, SON OF PHAGHI MANDAL 15. YUGAL MANDAL, SON OF GUGALY MANDAL ALL RESIDENT OF VILLAGE LAXMIPUR VETTA, POST OFFICE LAXMIPUR, POLICE STATION BARAHARA KOTHI, DISTRICT PURNIA …………………………………………………………………………..PETITIONERS VERSUS 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. THE COLLECTOR, PURNIA 3. THE ADDITIONAL COLECTOR (LAND CEILING), PURNIA 4. THE DEPUTY COLLECTOR LAND REFORMS, PURNIA 5. THE SUB DIVISIONAL MAGISTRATE, DHAMDAHA, PURNIA ……………………………………………………………………..RESPONDENTS ********* 2 20/07/2010 Counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners had purchased the lands which have been declared as surplus in Land Ceiling Proceeding 155 of 1975-76, 92 of 1973-74 and 1808 of 1973-74 from the heirs of the landlord. After the lands were declared as surplus, some of the purchasers moved this Court by filing CWJC No. 16035 of 2005 which was disposed of on 05.04.2006 with a direction to the petitioners of that case to appear before the Collector, Purnea and make a 2 request that the lands claimed by them may be allotted in the unit of the land holder. This Court, similarly, gives the petitioners the liberty to file an application before the Collector, Purnea and make a prayer that the lands which are the subject matter of the sale deed may be declared in the unit of the land holder. The application should be filed within a period of six weeks from today and the Collector will dispose of the application within a period of three months thereafter. In the mean time, status quo should be maintained with respect to the lands in question. This application is disposed of with the aforesaid observations and directions. Anand ( Sheema Ali Khan, J. )