IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.2716 of 2006 MAHANTH KRISHNA DAS, CHELA OF LATE MAHANTH RAM DAS RAM JANKI THAKURBARI, KHODAGANJ, P.S. ISLAMPUR, DISTRICT NALANDA. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. BIHAR STATE RELIGIOUS TRUST BOARD THROUGH ITS CHAIRMAN. 3. SRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV, CHAIRMAN, BIHAR STATE RELIGIOUS TRUST BOARD, PATNA. 4. DISTRICT MAGISTRATE, NALANDA AT BIHARSHARIF, DIST. NALANDA. 5. SUBDIVISIONAL MAGISTRATE, HILSA, NALADA. 6. MUKHIA, GRAM PANCHAYAT RAJ KHODAGANJ, P.S. ISLAMPUR, DIST. NALANDA. 7. RAM LAKHAN DAS SON OF LATE NOT KNOWN. 8. ARJUN DAS SON OF NOT KNOWN ALLEGES TO BE THE MAHANTH OF RAM JANKI THAKURBARI, KHODAGANJ PURSUANT TO AN ORDER PASSED BY PRESIDENT, BIHAR STATE RELIGIOUS TRUST BOARD, PATNA. RESPONDENT NOS.7 AND 8 ARE R/O VILLAGE P.S. ISLAMPUR, DISTRICT NALANDA. For the petitioner : Mr. Rewatikant Raman, Advocate. For respondent no.2 : M/s Ganpati Trivedi, Madan Mohan, Advocates. ----------- 02. 10.02.2011 Perused the contents of I.A. No.9465 of 2010, wherefrom it appears that respondent no.8, Arjun Das left for heavenly abode on 25.10.2010. It appears under the impugned order dated 19.8.1999, Annexure-18 Arjun Das was appointed as Mahanth of the trust in question in exercise of the powers contained in Section 33 of the Bihar Hindu Religious Trust Act. Perusal of order dated 19.8.1999 further indicates that appointment of respondent no.8 was without prejudice to the rights and contention of any other claimant to the office of the Mahanth of the trust in question. 2. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that he has made several representation before the President of the trust that - 2 - neither Ram Lakhan Das nor Arjun Das had any concern with the trust in question and his rights as the sole trustee of the endowment in question be considered and determined but those representations have not yet been considered. 3. Having heard counsel for the parties, I direct the petitioner to submit fresh representation before the President of the trust in question, which should be considered in accordance with law, as early as possible, in any case within three months from the date of receipt of the representation of the petitioner by the President of the Board. 4. I.A. No.9465 of 2010 and the writ application are, accordingly, disposed of. Rajesh/ (V.N. Sinha, J.)