IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.3808 of 1994 1. KARAN KUMAR SINGH 2. GANESH SINGH 3. SURESH SINGH ALL SONS OF SHEO PUJAN SINGH. 4. RAJESH SINGH (MINOR) THROUGH HIS FATHER AND NATURAL GUARDIAN SHRI SHEOPUJAN SINGH. 5. SHEO PUJAN SINGH, SON OF SRI RAM JAS RAI, ALL RESIDENTS OF VILLAGE KANHAUA, P.O.- RAMGARH, P.S. RAMGARH, DISTRICT- BHABHUA. …………. Petitioners Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR. 2. THE COLLECTOR, BHABHUA. 3. THE CONSOLIDATION OFFICER, RAMGARH. 4. THE DIRECTOR OF CONSOLIDATION, BIHAR, PATNA. ………….. Respondents ----------- 7 14.01.2010 None appears on behalf of the petitioners. Heard Mr. Deepak Kumar, learned Assistant Counsel to Government Pleader no. 16. The petitioners pray for the following relief: “That through this writ application the petitioner seeks for issuance of any appropriate writ/writs, order/orders, direction/directions interpreting section 5, 5A, 16 and 31 of the Bihar Consolidation of Holdings and Prevention of Fragmentation Act, 1956 in respect of the petitioners lands and whether once the actual consolidation is over and Certificate of transfer issued under section 15 of the Act and possession of the new consolidated holding is handed over Under Section 17A, the bar of section 5 on the transfer of any land by way of sale, gifts, exchange or partition with respect to the lands included under Consolidation operation should be over.” 2. It appears to us that the petitioners are raising an academic question which is never answered by courts.. We, therefore, do not wish to proceed further in the matter. The writ 2 petition is accordingly dismissed. pkj (S.K. Katriar, J.) ( Kishore K. Mandal, J. )