IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.19583 of 2011 Shiv Chandra Singh Versus Uma Dayal Singh @ Uma Shankar ----------- 02. 14.11.2011 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner. This application under Article 227 of the Constitution of India has been filed by the petitioner against the award of the Lok Adalat dated 06.09.2008 passed by permanent Lok Adalat, Vaishali at Hajipur in pre-litigation Title Suit No.192 of 2008. The learned counsel, Mr. Rajendra Narayan appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted that although the petitioner was made party in the aforesaid suit but no notice was served on him nor the petitioner ever appeared in the suit but a forged compromise application was filed purported to have been signed by the petitioner and on the basis of the said forged compromise application fraudulently the award was obtained by the respondent. So far this question raised by the petitioner is concerned, it cannot be decided in the writ jurisdiction or the permanent Lok Adalat. In the case of Meena Choudhary vs. Dr. Dilip Choudhary, a Division Bench of this Court by terms of order dated 06.11.2009 passed in CWJC No.14426 of 2009 in similar situation held that powers of Lok Adalat are 2 not co-extensive with that of Civil Courts who have full power to take evidence including oral evidence and also to exercise necessary powers under Section 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure and, therefore, the Division Bench directed the petitioner of that case to approach the Civil Court for the redressal of his grievances. In the present case also, according to the petitioner, fraudulently the respondent obtained the award from the permanent Lok Adalat. In view of the above decision of Division Bench of this Court, the petitioner may approach the Civil Court for the redressal of his grievance and if any, appropriate proceeding is initiated by the petitioner, the concerned Court shall decide the same according to law. With this observation, this writ application is disposed of. Saurabh ( Mungeshwar Sahoo, J.)