IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.11741 of 2009 SATYADEO SINGH S/O MANORANJAN SINGH R/O VILLAGE- PINARTHU KALA P.S.DARAUNDA, DISTRICT-SIWAN, AT PRESENT MUKHIA, GRAM PANCHAYAT RAJ PINARTHU KURD, PS. DARAUNDA, DIST-SIWAN………………………………….PETITIONER Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR THRU THE COLLECTOR, SIWAN. 2. THE COLLECTOR-CUM-DISTRICT MAGISTRATE, SIWAN DISTRICT-SIWAN. 3. THE CIRCLE OFFICER, DARAUNDA BLOCK, P.S.DARAUNDA, DIST-SIWAN. 4. SRI CHANDRIKA RAJAK S/O SRI GULAB RAJAK @ GULAB DHOBI, R/O-VILLAGE, KAMHAURA/KHAMHAURI, P.S. DURANDA, DIST- SIWAN. 5. SRI SHEO NATH RAI, S/O GOPAL RAI, R/O VILLAGE- KHAMAHAURI/KHAMAHAURA, P.S.DURANDA, DIST- SIWAN………………………………………RESPONDENTS. ----------- 05/ 12-Oct-2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. Petitioner is Mukhiya of Gram Panchayat Raj, Pinarthu Khurd under Daraunda P.S. of Siwan District. He has preferred this writ petition by way of public interest litigation to seek cancellation of small portion of land settled in favour of Respondent No.4, Sri Chandrika Rajak by the Collector, Siwan through the land settlement proceeding of 1971-1972. The order-sheet of that proceeding is Annexure-4 which shows that the land was settled on considering the 2 claim by an Ex-Military Personnel who also happens to be a member of the scheduled caste. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that under provisions of Bihar Privileged Person Homestead Tenancy Act, Government land cannot be settled to a person claimed to be a privileged tenant. On close examination of the order-sheet contained in Annexure-4, it is found that the settlement is not under provisions of that Act but under general instructions governing Government land. The settlement was made several years earlier. 4. In the facts of the case, we are not persuaded to interfere with the said settlement in public interest litigation. The writ petition is, therefore, dismissed. 5. If the Panchayat has any further interest in the matter, it may pursue its remedy by way of adversarial litigation before appropriate forum in accordance with law. perwez ( Shiva Kirti Singh, J.) (Hemant Kumar Srivastava, J.)