IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC NO.14819 OF 2008 SANJEET KUMAR SINGH, SON OF MITHILESH SINGH, SECRETARY, NAV YATAYAT SWABLAMBI SAHKARI SAHYOG SAMITI HATHURI LIMITED, AT HATHURI, POLICE STATION HAYAGHAT, DISTRICT DARBHANGA ……………………………………………………………………………….. ..PETITIONER VERSUS 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH THE COLLECTOR, DARBHANGA 2. THE D.D.C. CUM CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, DARBHANGA, ZILA PARISHAD, DARBHANGA 3. ZILA PARISHAD, DARBHANGA ………………………………………………………………………………RESPONDENTS ********* 6 24/11/2010 The petitioner which is the Self-Supporting Society is challenging the settlement of the ghats, namely, Kharari and Hathuri ghats. The petitioner claims that the society should have been given preference and further claims that once the petitioner society has paid one-third of the entire reserve jama, it was entitled for settlement. This Court without going into the merits of the case, finds that the settlement for the said ghats is to expire on 01.04.2011. Considering the fact that there are only five months left for the settlement to expire, it would not be proper for this Court to interfere in the settlement made in favour of any other party. However, the petitioner would have the liberty to file an application for return of the amount that it has paid in excess of the reserve jama before respondent no. 2 within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt 2 of a copy of this order. If such an application is filed, respondent no. 2 should dispose it of and pass appropriate orders either accepting the claim of the petitioner or rejecting it for reasons mentioned in the order. In case, the claim of the petitioner is accepted by respondent no. 2, the petitioner should be paid the excess amount of the reserve jama deposited by him. This writ application is accordingly disposed of with the aforesaid observations. Anand ( Sheema Ali Khan, J. )