IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA LPA No.668 of 1996 Brahmdeo Mandal, son of Shri Garju Mandal, resident of Bhangaha, Police Station Falka, District- Katihar. .... Appellant. Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. The Collector, Katihar. 3. The Additional Collector, Land Ceiling at Katihar. 4. The Deputy Collector, Land Reforms at Katihar. 5. The Anhal Adhikari at Falka within the District of Katihar. .. Respondents. ----------- 10- 29.07.2009 Heard Mr. Arun Prasad Ambastha for the appellant. None appears for the respondents. The petitioner of C.W.J.C. No.141 of 1996 (Brahmdeo Mandal Vs. The State of Bihar and others) has preferred this appeal under Clause 10 of the Letters Patent of the High Court of Judicature at Patna, and is aggrieved by the order dated 6.5.1996, whereby the writ petition was allowed, the order of the authorities under the Act were set aside and they were directed to substitute the heirs of late Anpi Devi. 2. The appellant raises a grievance before this Court that the claims of the heirs of late Anpi Devi has without justification been restricted by the learned Single Judge which will deprive them from securing the 2 benefits which might have accrued to them in terms of Section 18 of the Land Ceiling Act. 3. The order of the learned Single Judge, is, therefore, modified in the manner indicated hereinafter. Anpi Devi was allotted one unit and her heirs will be confined to one unit. Therefore, one unit allotted to late Anpi Devi shall not be declared surplus and her heirs will be entitled to claim their shares with respect to the same. It is further made clear that the heirs of late Anpi Devi shall not be precluded from setting up claims, and deriving the benefits admissible to them, in terms of Section 18 of the Bihar Land Ceiling Act, which may be over and above the aforesaid unit. 4. The appeal is allowed in part. The order dated 6.5.1996, passed in C.W.J.C. No.141 of 1996, accordingly stands modified. (S K Katriar, J.) (Jyoti Saran, J.) S.K.Pathak/