IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.6578 of 2009 Chandra Bibhuti Agrawal SON OF LATE Dr. Shivnandan Prasad Agrawal, resident of village Tajpur, P.S. Tajpur, District Samastipur Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through the Secretary, Revenue and Land Reforms Department, Government of Bihar, Patna 2. The District Magistrate-cum- District Collector, Samastipur 3. The Sub-Divisional Officer- cum- Deputy Collector, Land Reforms Department, Samastipur 4. The Block Development Officer, Tajpur Block, P.S. Tajpur, District Samastipur 5. The Circle Officer, Tajpur Circle, P.S. Tajpur, District Samastipur ----------- For the Peittioner :Mr. Anirudh Kumar Sinha, Advocate For the State :Mr. Ravi Shankar, A.C. to G.P.7 07/ 23.02.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. 2. Petitioner is aggrieved by the notice issued by the Circle Officer, Tajpur dated 14.5.2009, Annexure-6, whereunder he is proposing to settle the lands in question detailed in paragraph 4 of the writ application with the public at large as the sairat of the State. 3. Counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is the raiyat of the lands in question as the same has been gifted to him by the raiyat of the land, vide gift deed executed on 6.7.1989, copy whereof is marked as Annexure-1 to this application, but ignoring the aforesaid gift deed as also the fact that the executant of the deed of gift was the raiyat of the lands in question, the Circle Officer is proposing to settle the lands in question with the public at large as the sairat of the State. In this connection, petitioner has also represented before the Collector of the District and the representation is dated 18.5.2009, 2 Annexure-7 to this application. 4. From the counter affidavit filed on behalf of Respondent no.5, it does not appear that the lands in question is the Government land, that the representation of the petitioner dated 18.5.2009, Annexure-7 has been considered and disposed of by the Collector of the District. 5. Having heard counsel for the petitioner and the State, I direct the District Magistrate-cum- Collector, Samastipur to consider the representation of the petitioner dated 18.5.2009, Annexure-7 and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law, as early as possible, in any case within two months from the date of receipt/ production of a copy of this order but until the representation of the petitioner dated 18.5.2009, Annexure-7 is disposed of by the Collector, Samastipur, Circle Officer, Respondent no.5 is restrained from making settlement of the lands in question. 6. The writ application is, accordingly, disposed of. Arjun/ ( V.N. Sinha, J.)