IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.14039 of 2010 ARBIND KRISHNA, SON OF LATE RAGHUNANDAN PRASAD, RESIDENT OF MOHALLA JHIGNAGAR, P.S. BIHAR SHARIF, DISTRICT NALANDA. ----- PETITIONER Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. THE COLLECTOR, NALANDA, BIHAR SHARIF, DISTRICT NALANDA 3. ADDITONAL COLLECTOR, NALANDA, BIHAR SHARIF, DISTRICT NALANDA 4. THE DISTRICT SUB REGISTRAR, NALANDA, DISTRICT NALANDA ----- RESPONDENTS ----------- 3 24.9.2010 The petitioner is aggrieved by Annexure-3 dated 2.12.1996 by which the Additional Collector, Nalanda has addressed a letter to the District Sub-Registrar that 12 ceiling proceedings are pending in the district of Nalanda. Petitioner’s name finds place at serial no. 5. The case of the petitioner is that the ceiling proceeding regarding the lands of the petitioner stood concluded by a notification issued on 1.2.1984 under Section 11(1) of the Bihar Land Ceiling Act. By the said notification, 9 acres 44 decimals of lands were declared to be surplus lands belonging to the petitioner. Apart from 9.44 acres of surplus lands, all other lands belonging to the petitioner were exempted from the ceiling proceeding. In the mean time, the mother of the petitioner filed an application under Section 45B for reopening of the ceiling proceeding which was allowed and the matter is pending before the Collector, Nalanda. As far as the petitioner is concerned, there is no dispute pending regarding the ceiling proceeding which was initiated and has subsequently closed and as such the inclusion of the name of the petitioner in Annexure-3 appears to be on mis- 2 information of the facts. The Additional Collector therefore, is directed to modify his order and exempt the name of the petitioner from the list as contained in Annexure-3 within a period of three months on receipt/production of a copy of this order. This writ application is disposed of with the aforesaid observations and direction. Sanjay ( Sheema Ali Khan, J.)