IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.14992 of 2011 Md. Mumtaj Khan, son of late Rafi Ahamad Khan, resident of Village-Ashapur, P.S. Bahera, District- Darbhanga ------- Petitioner. Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through the Chief Secretary, Bihar, Patna. 2. The Inspector General of Registration, Registration Department, New Secretariat, Patna, Bihar. 3. The Collector-cum-District Registrar, Darbhanga. 4. The Sub-Registration Officer, Sub-Registry Office, Bahera, District- Darbhanga ----- Respondents. ---------------------------------- 2. 9.9.2011 Heard Mr. Manoj Kumar Jha for the petitioner, and Mr. Anjani Kumar, learned Additional Advocate General No.10. This writ petition in the nature of a public interest litigation seeks a direction to reduce the rate of land for transfer of the property, under the jurisdiction of Sub-Registry Office, Bahera, district Darbhanga. We have perused the materials on record and considered the submissions of the learned counsel for the parties. The State Government periodically or annually, in exercise of executive functions, fixes uniform rates of lands for the purpose of sale, purchase, etc., for realisation of stamp duty. This is essentially an executive function and this Court finds it difficult to interfere with the same. Law is well settled that the court normally does not interfere 2 with the yard-stick of taxation, or such other compulsory exaction, unless it is confiscatory in nature, and may have the effect of driving the affected persons out of business. No such material has been brought to our notice to warrant interference in the matter. The writ petition is dismissed. Vinay/ ( S. K. Katriar, J.) (Ahsanuddin Amanullah,J.)