IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA C.W.J.C. No.6322 of 2009 Muni Lal Mandal @ Muneshwar Prasad Mandal, son of Late Ram Swaroop Mandal, resident of village Kapsouna, P.S. Shahkund district Bhagalpur .. Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. The Minister, Department of Revenue and Land Reforms, Government of Bihar, Old Secretariat Building, Patna 3. The Collector of the district of Purnia 4. The Sub Divisional Officer at Sultanganj within the district of Bhagalpur 5. The Anchal Adhikari at Sultanganj within the district of Bhagalpur 6. Smt. Uma Devi, widow of late Shailendra Kumar Sinha, resident of village Kapsouna, P.S. Shahkund, district Bhagalpur .. Respondents **** /2/ 20.05.2009 Heard the counsel for the petitioner and the State. 2. The limited relief, which has been prayed by the petitioner, in the present writ application, is that till disposal of Misc. Land Ceiling Case No. 5 of 2008 filed by the petitioner under the provisions of 45B of the Bihar Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling Area and Acquisition of Surplus Land) Act, 1961, pending before the Minister, Department of Revenue of Land Reforms, Government of Bihar, Patna. His land situated at mauza Ratanpur, Gaigiyama and Puranikherhi details of which have been given in paragraphs 5 and 6 of the writ application should not be distributed as ceiling surplus of respondent no. 6, the land holder. It has also been stated that 2 these are raiyati lands of the petitioner and during the ceiling proceeding he was not given any opportunity of hearing, but, wrongly his land has been clubbed with the land of the land holder. 3. Without going into the merit of the writ application, it is being disposed off. Till disposal of Misc. Land Ceiling Case No. 5 of 2008 pending before the Minister, Department of Revenue of Land Reforms, Government of Bihar, Patna. The possession of the land detailed in paragraphs 5 and 6 of the writ application be not disturbed and distributed among the land less persons treating it as surplus land of the land holder. Cp:2/S.A. (Mridula Mishra, J.)