IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.3814 of 2008 LAL PARI DEVI W/o Shri Yugal Kishore Singh R/o Village Chhatauni, P.S.Chhatauni Motihari, Dist. East Champaran-----------------petitioner Versus 1.THE STATE OF BIHAR through Secretary, Law Dept. Patna 2.Shri Kaushal Kishore Singh S/o Late Rajendra Singh, R/o Village Chhatauni P.S. Chhatauni Motihari, Dist. East Champaran 3.Smt.Anju Devi W/o Shri Kaushal Kishore Singh R/o Chhatauni Motihari, Dist.East Champaran ----respondents ----------- 3. 16.4.2009 Heard learned counsel for the parties. The petitioner has come to this Court for quashing the award dated 30.6.2005 passed by the Presiding Officer of permanent Lok Adalat, East Champaran, Motihari, in Case no. 283 of 2005 as also for setting aside the order dated 3.1.2008 passed in Case no. 160 of 2006 by which the Presiding Officer of the Lok Adalat has refused to set aside its own order dated 30.6.2005 passed in the Case no. 283 of 2005. The grievance of the petitioner is that respondent nos. 2 and 3, being younger brother of the petitioner’s husband and his wife respectively, filed a collusive suit with respect to the land which is the exclusive property of the petitioner acquired by her from her parents. In collusion with each other the said respondents got the case referred to the Lok Adalat, East Champaran, Motihari, and got an award dated 2 30.6.2005 passed in their favour without impleading the petitioner as a party to the said case. Being aggrieved by the same, the petitioner filed an application before the Lok Adalat for setting aside the said award. The Lok Adalat on a consideration of the facts and circumstances was of the view that the matter appears to be fought collusively by respondent nos.2 and 3 but was also of the view that no power of review is available to the Lok Adalat and therefore dismissed the application. It is a well settled principle of civil law that a decree in a civil suit is only binding on the parties to the suit and not upon anyone else. However, writ petition does not appear to be an appropriate remedy for challenging the same or for getting it set aside. In the aforesaid view of the matter, the writ application is dismissed. (Ramesh Kumar Datta,J.) spal/