IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA C.R. No.1157 of 2008 SMT. SHEELA DEVI Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ANR ----------- 2 3.9.2008 Heard Counsel for the petitioner. In the opinion of this Court, the impugned order impleading Mukhia of a Gram Panchayat as a party to the suit filed by the petitioner seeking a declaration, that the recording of survey entry of in respect of suit property, scheduled land, in the year, 1964 as Gairmazarua Bhinda of the tank being not the Sairat land can not be held to be bad as the Mukhia had definitely the capacity to represent the interest of people of locality of under provisions of Order-I Rule 8 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The Court below has given cogent reasons for impleading the Mukhia who has only come out to protect the interest of the people of Gram Panchayat in a public land being claimed by the petitioner to be his land. If the Gram Panchayat has been given power to safeguard public property, this Court would not find any fault in the impugned order allowing impleadment of Mukhia to defend such interest of the people of Gram Panchayat. With the aforementioned observations, this civil revision application is hereby dismissed. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.) 2