IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.22638 of 2011 1. Tarni Ram son of late Ram Kishun Ram, resident of village-Turki, Tola Narhaiya, P.S. Bakhtiyarpur, Dist. Saharsa. --Petitioner. Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through the Chief Secretary, Old Secretariat, Bihar, Patna. 2. The Commissioner, Kosi Division, Saharsa. 3. The District Magistrate-cum Collector, Saharsa. 4. The Deputy Collector, Land Reforms-cum-Sub-Divisional Officer, Bakhtiyarpur, Dist. Saharsa. 5. Bilash Sah son of Bhola Sah, resident of village-Sugma Tola, Lakshminia, P.S.Banma Itahari ( Salkhua), Dist. Saharsa. 6. Bidyanand Ram, son of Nathan Ram, resident of village Manauree, P.S. Sonbarsa, Dist. Saharsa. --Respondents. ---------------------------------- 02 20.12.2011 Both sides present. Petitioner who is pre-emptor raises a grievance with respect to order dated 01.06.2011 (Annexure-2) passed by the respondent-Collector in appeal preferred by the respondent no.5 against the order dated 03.03.2008 (Annexure-1 ) passed by the respondent-DCLR in a proceeding instituted under Section 16(3) of the Bihar Land Reforms ( Fixation of Ceiling Area & Acquisition of Surplus Land ) Act, 1961 ( for short ‘the Act’). The order impugned is revisable in terms of Section 32 of the Act. The petitioner has approached this Court directly. This Court, thus, is not inclined to invoke its extraordinary and discretionary writ jurisdiction in the matter. Let the petitioner ventilate his grievance before the revisional authority in accordance with the provisions of the Act. It will be open to the petitioner to file application seeking condonation of delay on the ground that he had been pursuing the present remedy before this Court. The application is dismissed with the liberty aforesaid. Sym ( Kishore K. Mandal, J.)