IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 8435 of 2008 ====================================================== Santosh Kumar, Son of Sri Lallan Singh, Resident of Village-Girdhar Baraon, Police Station- Nawanagar, District-Buxar, At present Resident of Village-Karma, Police Station-Dawath (Surajpura), District-Rohtas. .... .... Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. The Member, Board of Revenue, Bihar, Patna. 3. The District Magistrate, Rohtas at Sasaram. 4. The Additional Collector, Rohtas at Sasaram. 5. The Deputy Collector, Land Reforms, Bikramganj, Rohtas. 6. Radhey Shyam Son of Rana Pratap Singh. 7. Hemant Kumar Son of Rana Pratap Singh. Respondent No. 6 and 7 are Resident of Village- Karma, Police Station-Dawath (Surajpura) District- Rohtas. 8. Smt. Kamla Singh, Wife of Janardan Prasad Singh, Resident of Village-Sakhuan, Police Station- Kargahar, District-Rohtas. .... .... Respondents ====================================================== with Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 8458 of 2008 ====================================================== Santosh Kumar, Son of Sri Lallan Singh, Resident of Village-Girdhar Baraon, Police Station- Nawanagar, District-Buxar, At present Resident of Village-Karma, Police Station-Dawath (Surajpura), District-Rohtas. .... .... Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. The Member, Board of Revenue, Bihar, Patna. 3. The District Magistrate, Rohtas at Sasaram. 4. The Additional Collector, Rohtas at Sasaram. 5. The Deputy Collector, Land Reforms, Bikramganj, Rohtas. 6. Radhey Shyam Son of Rana Pratap Singh. 7. Hemant Kumar Son of Rana Pratap Singh. Respondent No. 6 and 7 are Resident of Village- Karma, Police Station-Dawath (Surajpura) District- Rohtas. 8. Smt. Kamla Singh, Wife of Janardan Prasad Singh, Resident of Village-Sakhuan, Police Station- Kargahar, District-Rohtas. .... .... Respondents ====================================================== with Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 8490 of 2008 ====================================================== Sunil Kumar, Son of Sri Lallan Singh, Resident of Village-Girdhar Baraon, Police Station- Nawanagar, District-Buxar, At present Resident of Village- Karma, Police Station-Dawath (Surajpura), District-Rohtas. .... .... Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar Patna High Court CWJC No.8435 of 2008 (3) dt.22-03-2013 2 / 3 2 2. The Member, Board of Revenue, Bihar, Patna. 3. The District Magistrate, Rohtas at Sasaram. 4. The Additional Collector, Rohtas at Sasaram. 5. The Deputy Collector, Land Reforms, Bikramganj, Rohtas. 6. Rana Pratap Singh, Son of Late Badri Narayan Singh @ Badri Singh, Resident of Village-Karma, Police Station- Dawath (Surajpura), District- Rohtas. 7. Smt. Kamla Singh, Wife of Janardan Prasad Singh, Resident of Village-Sakhuan, Police Station- Kargahar, District-Rohtas. .... .... Respondents ====================================================== with Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 8904 of 2008 ====================================================== Smt. Kamla Devi, Wife of Shri Janardan Singh, Resident of Village-Karma Anhar, Police Station- Dawath (Surajpura), District-Rohtas. .... .... Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. The Member, Board of Revenue, Bihar, Patna. 3. The District Magistrate, Rohtas at Sasaram. 4. The Additional Collector, Rohtas at Sasaram. 5. The Deputy Collector, Land Reforms, Bikramganj, Rohtas. 6. Radhey Shyam Son of Rana Pratap Singh. 7. Hemant Kumar Son of Rana Pratap Singh. Respondent No. 6 and 7 are resident of Village- Karma, Police Station-Dawath (Surajpura) District- Rohtas. 8. Smt. Kamla Singh, Wife of Janardan Singh, Resident of Village- Sakhuan, Police Station- Kargahar, District-Rohtas. .... .... Respondents ====================================================== Appearance : (In CWJC No.8435 of 2008) For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Uday Shankar Pandey For the Respondent/s : Mr. O.P.Upadhyay (Sc(C)2) (In CWJC No.8458 of 2008) For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Uday Shankar Pandey For the Respondent/s : Mr. O.P.Upadhyay (Sc(C)2) (In CWJC No.8490 of 2008) For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Uday Shankar Pandey For the Respondent/s : Mr. O.P.Upadhyay (Sc(C)2) (In CWJC No.8904 of 2008) For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Uma Shankar Pandey For the Respondent/s : Mr. O.P.Upadhyay (Sc(C)2) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR ORAL ORDER 3. 22-03-2013 Since all aforesaid four writ petitions are against Patna High Court CWJC No.8435 of 2008 (3) dt.22-03-2013 3 / 3 3 a common order passed by the Revisional Court in pre- emption matter, all the petitions were taken up together. Sri Uday Shankar Pandey, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned A.C. to Government Pleader No. 15 as well as Mr. Md. Waliur Rahman, learned counsel appearing on behalf of Respondent-Pre-emptor are present. It was submitted that since during the pendency of the present writ petition, an appropriate forum, as ‘Land Tribunal’, has already been constituted under the provision of Bihar Land Tribunal Act, 2009 (in short ‘Act’) and Tribunal is functioning, these aforesaid cases may be directed to be transferred to the Tribunal. Accordingly, in view of provisions contained in Section 15 of the Act, the Registry is directed to transmit the record of aforesaid cases to the Tribunal forthwith. Anay (Rakesh Kumar, J.)