IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.4104 of 2002 MANOJ NATH JHA son of Shyamanand Jha Resident of village- chahuta, P.S.- Bisfi, District- Madhubani. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. Collector, Madhubani 3. Additional Collector, Madhubani. 4. Sub-divisional Officer, Benipatti, Madhubani 5. Deputy Collector, Land Reforms, Benipatti, Madhubani 6. Anchal Adhikari, Bisfi, Madhubani. ----------- 11 21.01.2009 Heard the learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. Petitioner challenges the notice dated 13.03.2002, whereby general notice was issued with regard to the settlement of Sairat by open bid with respect to Sairat over the plot no. 2280 bearing an area of 1.05 acres. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the notice issued by the Anchal Adhikari, respondent no.6, deserves to be quashed as the title over the plot in question belongs to the petitioner and he is in possession of the same since the year 1935 and has been paying ground rent to the State all along. The learned counsel in support of his contention has referred to Annexure-2 a copy of the Khatiyan in which the name of his ancestors is recorded. The State has contested the claim of the petitioner and has filed a counter affidavit and has 2 denied the title as well as possession of the petitioner over the plot in question. It has also been stated that the Khatiyan has been wrongly prepared in the name of the ancestors of the writ petitioner and appropriate step has been taken for correction of the entries made in the Khatiyan. It has been submitted on behalf of the State that the claim of the petitioner is serious disputed question of fact, and as a matter of fact, the land in question is a Government property. Considering the submissions of the parties and their respective pleadings, it is clear that the issue raised in this writ application is purely disputed questions of fact which can not be appropriately adjudicated in a writ proceeding. In this view of the matter, I do not find any merit in this writ application. The same is, accordingly, dismissed. Manish/- ( Shailesh Kumar Sinha,J.)