IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.954 of 2008 RAM NARESH SINGH SON OF LATE SAMPAT SINGH RESIDENT OF VILAGE BABUI TOLA, P.O. & P.S. BAGAHA, DISTRICT WEST CHAMPARAN. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH THE CHIEF SECRETARY, BIHAR, PATNA 2. THE DISTRICT MINING OFFICER, BETTIAH, DISTRICT WEST CHAMPARAN. 3. THE ASSISTANT MINING OFFICER, BETTIAH, DISTRICT WEST CHAMPARAN. 4. THE DISTRICT CERTIFICATE OFFICER, BETTIAH, DISTRICT WEST CHAMPARAN. 5. THE CERTIFICATE OFFICER, MINING, PATNA MINING DIVISION, PATNA. ----------- 5 05/03/2010 The Court is not inclined to get into the thickets of the argument made by the learned counsel for the petitioner; more so when it relates to a Certificate proceeding being Certificate Case No. 305 of 2001 which was for payment of the outstanding dues against the petitioner; especially in view of the fact that none of the objections or submissions made here have been raised before the Certificate Officer under section 9 of the Bihar Public Demand Recovery Act. There is no reason for this Court to entertain this writ application at this stage. The Court will not express its opinion on the merits of the proceeding in view of the above. Let the objection of the petitioner under section 9 of - 2 - the Act be considered and decided first and if there is still merit in the proceeding, consequential order will follow. If the petitioner appears before the Certificate Officer, West Champaran at Bettiah and presses his objection, no coercive action will be taken against him till 31st March, 2010. Pendency of certificate case will not come in the way of the settlement of the dispute between the parties, if they so like. This writ application is dismissed with the above observation. AMIN (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.)