IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA C.R. No.756 of 2009 AFTAB ALAM KHAN Versus BIHAR STATE SUNNI WAQF BOARD & ANR ----------- 2/ 19.05.2009 Heard counsel for the parties. Let the lower court hold an enquiry on the valuation of the suit. It is the basic principle of civil jurisprudence that a Civil Court has to doubt its own jurisdiction. When a question is raised upon its jurisdiction to exercise it as against a suit and the property covered thereby, it is pertinent for the Civil Court to hold an enquiry and find out at the very outset in some exceptional circumstances like the present one as to what exactly could be the valuation of the suit property. It was contended that the suit property is some thing above five acres of land situated somewhere in Sherghati and that has been valued at Rs.5000/- so as to creating a jurisdiction of Munsif , Sherghati over the suit property. The court does not want to express its opinion as to how frivolous valuation could be so as to initiate enquiry in the matter upon production of documents by the petitioner and thereby decide its own jurisdiction. This Civil Revision petition is disposed of with the above direction. Anil/ (Dharnidhar Jha, J.)