IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.14620 of 2011 Sri Ram Nath Singh @ Lallan Singh Versus Smt.Pushpa Singh & Anr ---------------------------------- 02. 06.09.2011. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner. This application under Article 227 of the Constitution of India has been filed by the petitioner, Ram Nath Singh, against the award dated 24.12.2007 passed by permanent Lok Adalat, Gaya in Title Suit No.244 of 2007. The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the respondents herein obtained the award from the permanent Lok Adalat fraudulently with regard to the property of the petitioner also. According to the learned counsel, the award by the permanent Lok Adalat is liable to be set aside on the ground of fraud. So far this question is concerned, a Division Bench of this Court by terms of Judgment dated 06.11.2009 passed in C.W.J.C. No.14426 of 2009 held as follows : “As discussed and held earlier, powers of Lok Adalat are not co-extensive with that of civil courts who have full power to take evidence including oral evidence and also to exercise necessary powers under Section 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure. IN such situation, in our view, nothing in the Code of Civil Procedure or other law can render the petitioners remediless and following the law noticed above in the case of Smt. Anita (supra), we hold that the petitioners will be entitled to invoke plenary jurisdiction of civil court to claim necessary relief on the ground of fraud or even on the grounds available to petitioner no.1`. As a proposition of law it is well established that a person who was not a party to the proceeding, will not be bound by any order passed therein unless he or she was impleaded through a representative like karta or an authorized agent who may in appropriate situations represent others. With these observations, this writ petition is disposed of.” In such view of the matte, the petitioner, if so advised, may approach the Civil Court. With this above observation, this writ application is accordingly disposed of. Sanjeev/- (Mungeshwar Sahoo,J.)