IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.15547 of 2010 Ram Lochan Kamat, son of Sri ram Prasad Kamat, village Sahorba, PS Ghoghardiha, District Madhubani – Petitioner. With CWJC No. 15836 of 2010 Shiv Narayan Kamat, son of Late Raj Narayan Kamat, Village Sahorba, PS Ghoghardiha, District Madhubani – Petitioner. Vs. (1) The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Land Reforms Department, Patna. (2) The Dist. Magistrate cum Collector, Madhubani. (3) The Dist. Fisheries Officer cum Chief Executive Officer, Fisheries and Animal Husbandry Department, Madhubani. (4) The D.C.L.R., Phulparas, District Madhubani. (5) The Circle Officer, Ghoghardiha, Dist. Madhubani – Respondents in both the cases. 2 23.9.2010 The petitioners have filed these two writ petitions on the basis of information sought by them from the District Fisheries Officer cum Chief Executive Officer, Madhubani under the Right To Information Act. The information given to the petitioners vide letter no.728, dated 8.7. 2008 issued by the Circle Officer is that the lands in question have been described as Sairat and recorded as such in the Sairat register. The petitioners’ case is that the lands appertaining to Khata no. 113, khesra no. 738/1, measuring 20 bighas, 13 kathas and 17 ½ dhurs and plot no. 738/2, measuring 7 kathas and 17 dhurs were donated by Maharaja Darbhanga on 10.11.1953 to the Bhoodan Yagna Committee. It is said that the Bhoodan Yagna Committee settled the lands described aforesaid in favour of the petitioners in a proceeding initiated on 31.7.1957, whereas the settlement was made on 7.1.1961. It is also asserted that rent of the 2 lands in question was also fixed by the Circle officer and the petitioners have been paying rent to the State of Bihar. On perusal of the information supplied as contained in Annexure 10 it would appear that the land was situated in Sahorba village of Ghoghardiha Anchal known as Purani Pokhar. From Annexure 10 it appears that the Sairat has been settled by the District Fisheries Officer to different persons right from the year 1991 to 2004-05 and 2006-07. Information with respect to settlement after 2007 is obviously not available in view of the fact that annexure-10 was issued on 10.12.2007. The main contention of the petitioners is that without noticing them or the Bhoodan Yagna Committee the lands have been transferred by the Circle Officer to the Fisheries Department which could not have been done. The aforesaid facts should be agitated by the petitioners before the appropriate authorities i.e. the District Magistrate / D.C.L.R. or the District Fisheries Officer. This court cannot pass any positive order in favour of the petitioners. These writ petitions are dismissed. haque (Sheema Ali Khan, J.)