IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.13285 of 2006 1. Om Prakash Singh, 2. Dayanand Singh, Both are sons of Late Bhagwan Das Singh, resident of village- Shivachak Gonepura, P.O.-Alampur Gonepura, P.S.- Phulwarishariff, District-Patna. ……..Petitioner. Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. The Collector, Patna. 3. The Circle Officer, Phulwarishariff, District-Patna. 4. Ambika Singh son of Late Thakur Singh, 5. Munshi Singh, son of Late Mod Narain Singh, 6. Manorama Devi, daughter of Late Jagdev Singh, 7. Vidhya Devi, daughter of Late Jagdev Singh. Above respondents no.4 to 7 are resident of village-Garbhu Chak, P.O.- Bihar Veterinary College, P.S.-Gardani Bagh, District-patna. ….. Respondents. ----------- For the petitioners : M/s Ajit Kumar & Rajeev Ranjan, Advocates. For the State : Mr. Binay Kumar, J.C. to G.P. V. ------- 02/ 23.11.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners as well as learned counsel for the respondents-State of Bihar and its authorities. 2. Petitioners have sought the relief of mandamus for directing the respondents-authorities to dispose of petitioners’ application dated 03.04.2001 which has been filed before Circle Officer, Phulwarishariff, Patna (respondent no.3) and also for directing the respondents to cancel the revenue receipt of the private respondents regarding disputed khata numbers as mentioned in paragraph-9 of the writ petition and also for other ancillary reliefs. 3. On the other hand, learned counsel for the respondents-authorities submits that no such application is on the - 2 - record and hence it transpires that petitioners have not filed any such application. 4. Be that as it may, this writ petition is disposed of with a liberty to the petitioner to file a fresh application before the Circle Officer, Phulwarishariff, Patna (respondent no.3) within fifteen days from today along with a copy of this order as well as a copy of the application dated 03.04.2001 (Annexure-1) or any other application said to have been filed before the said authority. If such an application is filed by the petitioners, the Circle Officer is directed to make inquiries after issuing notice to the private respondents and after hearing all the parties decide the matter on merits in accordance with law expeditiously, preferably within a period of three months. Sunil (S. N. Hussain, J.)