CIVIL WRIT JURISDICTION CASE No.2901 OF 1993 1. ANAND BHAWAN TRUST having its registered office in Mohalla Amlatola (Mahatma Gandhi Road), Katihar Town, P.S. Katihar Town, district Katihar, through its Managing Trustee Mahabir Prasad Kokania. 2. Mahabir Prasad Dokania, son of late Nathmal Dokania, resident of Town, P.S. and District – Katihar. -----------------Petitioners Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. The Secretary, Law Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Bihar State Board of Religious Trust having its office at Vidyapati Marg, P.S. Kotwali, Patna Town, Patna. 4. The Administrator, Bihar State Board of Religious Trust having his office at Vidyapati Marg, P.S. Kotwali, Patna. 5. The Sub-Divisional Officer, Katihar. -----------------Respondents 1st set 6. Sri Babu Lal Agrawal 7. Sri Triloke Chandra Jain 8. Sri Bhawar Lal Daga 9. Sri Abhay Kumar Jain 10. Sri Damodar Prasad Maheshwari 11. Sri Laxmi Narayan Agrawal, Serial 6 to 11 being Trustees of Anand Bhawan Trust, and having their office at Mahatma Gandhi Road, Katihar Town, P.S. Kaihar Town, District – Katihar. ---------------- Respondent 2nd set. ------------------ For The Petitioner : Mrs. Namrata Mishra, Advocate For The Respondent Board : Mr. R.C. Thakur, Advocate Mr. Shekhar Singh, Advocate --------------- P R E S E N T THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR TRIPATHI ************* A. K. Tripathi, J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. Vide order dated 12.03.1993, the then Administrator, Bihar State Board of Religious Trust, decided to take over the - 2 - affairs of the Trust and appointed trustees, but even this order in question was stayed by the High Court on 31.03.1993. In other words, the order never came to be implemented against the petitioners. However, when the matter is finally taken up in the year 2008, parties to the dispute are still at bay as to the current state of affairs. Taking the above facts into consideration the court is of the opinion that no decision is required to be rendered on the validity of the impugned order after more than a decade and a half. Annexure – 6 is quashed, liberty is granted to the respondent Trust Board that if the necessity for taking steps under the law still exists, they may do the needful in terms of the prescribed procedure in this regard. The writ application of the petitioner is allowed. Patna High Court The 3rd Day of December,2008 NAFR/AFR, Rajeev/ (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.)