IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA C.R. No.1777 of 2008 ANIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY @ ANIL CHOUDHARY, SON OF SATYA NARAYAN CHOUDHARY, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE PATEL, P.S. AND ANCHAL UJIYARPUR, DISTRICT SAMASTIPUR…DEFENDANT-PETITIONER. Versus 1. SMT.URMILA DEVI D/O LATE GANGA PRASAD CHOUDHARY 2. SMT. SUSHILA DEVI D/O LATE GANGA PRASAD CHOUDHARY 3. BAIDYANATH CHOUDHARY SON OF LATE GANGA PRASAD CHOUDHARY 4. VIJAY CHOUDHARY 5. SANJAY CHOUDHARY 6. SURJEET CHOUDHARY SONS OF BAIJNATH CHOUDHARY, RESIDENTS OF VILLAGE PATAILI, P.S. UJIARPUR, P.O. PATAILI, DISTRICT SAMASTIPUR. 7. SHRI SHRI 108 SHRI RAMJANKI JEE MAHARAJ THROUGH SEWAIT BAIDYANATH CHOUDHARY ESTABLISHED UNDER MAUZA PATAILI, P.S. UJAIRPUR, DISTRICT SAMASTIPUR…….PLAINTIFFS-OPPOSITE PARTIES 1ST SET. 8. BIMLA DEVI W/O LATE SATYA NARAIN CHOUDHARY 9. KANCHAN DEVI 10. MINTU DEVI DOKHTARAN SATYA NARAIN CHOUDHARY 11. KOPENDRA CHOUDHARY S/O LATE RAMYARI CHOUDHARY 12. AWADHESH CHOUDHARY 13. KRISHNA KUMAR CHOUDHARY SONS OF MAHENDRA CHOUDHARY 14. CHANDANI DEVI W/O MAHENDRA CHOUDHARY 15. PANKAJ CHOUDHARY S/O AWADHESH CHOUDHARY 16. UPENDRA CHOUDHARY S/O RAMYARI CHOUDHARY 17. PREMA DEVI W/O RAJ KUMAR ISHAR 18. BIBHA DEVI W/O BRIJ BIHARI ISHAR 19. MANTORNI DEVI W/O SHIV KANT JHA 20. PUNAM DEVI W/O RAM VINOY CHOUDHARY 21. SANJAI CHOUDHARY S/O UPENDRA CHOUDHARY 22. YOGENDRA CHOUDHARY S/O RAM YARI CHOUDHARY 2 23. DEVENDRA CHOUDHARY ALIAS JATA SHANKAR CHOUDHARY S/O RAM YARI CHOUDHARY 24. PAPPU 25. LAMBU BOTH SONS OF KOPENDRA CHOUDHARY 26. VIJOY CHOUDHARY S/O DEVENDRA CHOUDHARY 27. MANTA CHOUDHARY S/O DEVENDRA CHOUDHARY 28. BABLU CHOUDHARY S/O YOGENDRA CHOUDHARY ALL RESIDENT OF VILLAGE PATAILI, P.S. UJIYARPUR, DISTRICT SAMASTIPUR. 29. MOST. GIRJA DEVI W/O RAM UDGAR JHA 30. RAJ KUMAR JHA 31. SHIV KUAMR JHA 32. HEMANT KUMAR JHA SONS OF RAM UDGAR JHA ALL RESIDENT OF VILLAGE PAURAM, P.S. HAYAGHAT, DISTRICT DARBHANGA. 33. RAMANAND PATHAK SON OF SARJUG PATHAK 34. USHA DEVI W/O KOPENDRA CHOUDHARY 35. RAGHUNATH CHOUDHARY SON OF ASHARFI CHOUDHARY 36. BAIJNATH CHOUDHARY S/O ASHARFI CHOUDHARY 37. LAKHAN PASWAN S/O RAGHU PASWAN 38. RAM SOGARATH SAHNI S/O JHAPSI SAHNI 39. SARJUG MAHTO S/O PALTU MAHTO. 40. GANESH PASWAN S/O DULARCHAND PASWAN 41. RAMESHWAR PASWAN S/O GOPI PASWAN 42. SITARAM GHAURASIA S/O LATE MADHO CHAURASIYA 43. SIYA RAM CHAURASIA S/O LATE MADHO CHAURASIYA 44. RAMESHWAR CHAURASIA S/O ISHWAR CHAURASIA 45. JANARDAN CHOUDHARY S/O RAM KRISHNA CHOUDHARY 46. KABIL CHOUDHARY S/O PRABHU CHOUDHARY 47. GANGA PRASAD CHOUDHNARY S/O RAM KHELAWAN CHOUDHARY 48. SHIV SHANKAR CHOUDHARY S/O RAM KISHORE CHOUDHARY 49. JIWACHH CHOUDHARY S/O DURGA CHOUDHARY 50. BUTAN SHARMA S/O SIRI SHARMA 3 51. GANGO MAHTO S/O BENI MAHTO 52. RAMAUTAR CHAURASIA S/O SHYAM CHAURASIA 53. CHURAMAN RAUT S/O PRAYAG RAUT. 54. PITAMBAR MAHTO SON OF GOPI MAHTO 55. BIMLA CHOUDHARAIN W/O YOGENDRA CHOUDHARY 56. KAMAL CHOUDHARY S/O DEO NARAIN CHOUDHARY 57. SURESH CHOUDHARY S/O SARJUG CHOUDHARY 58. RAMDEO CHOUDHARY S/O BARUN CHOUDHARY 59. BALESHWAR CHOUDHARY S/O RAM NARAIN CHOUDHARY ALL RESIDENT OF VILLAGE PATAILI, P.S. UJIARPUR, DISTRICT SAMASTIPUR. 60. UPENDRA NR. JHA 61. CHANDRESHWAR JHA BOTH SONS OF RAM SAGAR JHA 62. RAM PUNIT KUNWAR S/O LATE BAIDNATH KUWAR 63. SIYARAM PASWAN S/O JHAPSI PASWAN ALL RESIDENT OF VILLAGE RAMPUR EKSHILA POLICE STATION UJIARPUR DISTRICT SAMASTIPUR. 64. CHETU PANDIT 65. NARAIN PANDIT 66. JAGAN BHANDARI 67. NATHUNI PANDIT ALL SONS OF GYANCHAND PANDIT, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE HANSAULI, P.O. PATAILI, P.S. UJIARPUR, DISTRICT SAMASTIPUR. 68. JAGESHWAR SHARMA S/O HARIHAR SHARMA 69. RAM SEWAK JHA S/O HANSRAJ JHA 70. NIRSU SAH S/O LAXMAN SAH ALL RESIDENT OF VILLAGE LAGUNIA, P.S. MUSHRIGHARARI, DISTRICT SAMASTIPUR 71. RAM BILAS PASWAN S/O DULARCHAND PASWAN 72. BRIJ KISHORE CHOUDHARY S/O LATE SHRI NARAIN CHOUDHARY 73. MAHESHWAR CHOUDHARY S/O RAM KARN CHOUDHARY 74. SOBHIT PASWAN S/O HRIDAY PASWAN 75. BADRI NARAIN CHOUDHARY S/O RAMDEO CHOUDHARY 76. RAM KISHUN MAHTO S/O LATE KHANTAR MAHTO 77. CHOUDHARY DAS S/O LATE GULAB DAS 4 78. DHODHAI CHAURASIA S/O LATE BILAT CHAURASIA 79. SONELAL CHAURASIA S/O LATE NIRAS CHAURASIA 80. SUKHNNANDAN CHAURASIA 81. RAM CHANDRA CHAURASIA BOTH SONS OF LATE BAIJNATH CHOURASIA 82. CHARITTAR CHAURASIA S/O LATE YADDU CHAURASIA 83. FULO CHAURASIA S/O LATE BALESHWAR CHAURASIA 84. SATYA NARAIN JHA 85. JAGAT JHA BOTH SONS OF LATE NUNU JHA 86. FEKAN CHAURASIA S/O LATE ISHWAR CHAURASIA 87. SUKHDEO CHAURASIA 88. NAWAL KISHORE CHAURASIA SONS OF LATE FEKU CHAURASIA 89. SHAYAM KISHORE CHAOUDHARY 90. RAM UDGAR CHOUDHARY SONS OF CHANDRA KANT CHOUDHARY 91. RAM LAKHAN CHOUDHARY S/O LATE DHANIKLAL CHOUDHARY ALL RESIDENT OF VILLAGE PATAILY, P.S. UJIARPUR, DISTRICT SAMASTIPUR. 92. RAM SOGARATH RAI S/O RAM SINGHASAN RAI 93. SIYARAM CHOUDHARY S/O YADDU CHOUDHARY 94. RAM PADARATH CHOUDHARY 95. UMESH CHOUDHARY BOTH SONS OF LATE GANGA PRASAD CHOUDHARY ALL RESIDENT OF VILLAGE PATAILI, P.S. UJIARPUR, P.S. PATAILI, DISTRICT SAMASTIPUR. 96. MAUZI PANDIT S/O LATE CHETU PANDIT RESIDENT OF VILLAGE HANSAULI, P.S. UJIARPUR, DISTRICT SAMASTIPUR. 97. URMILA DEVI 98. SUSHILA DEVI DOKHTARAN GANGA PD. CHOUDHARY. 99. KHUDNESHWAR CHOUDHARY S/O NAND KISHORE CHOUDHARY 100. BACHCHI DEVI W/O KHUDNESHWAR CHOUDHARY 101. BARUN CHOUDHARY 102. DILCHAND CHOUDHARY 103. BHOLA CHOUDHARY ALL SONS OF KHUDNESHWAR CHOUDHARY 5 104. PINKU DEVI W/O PALAN CHOUDHARY DOKHATAR SATYA NARAYAN CHOUDHARY ALL RESIDENT OF VILLAGE PUTAILY, P.S. UJIARPUR, DISTRICT SAMASTIPUR. 105. MINA KUMARI W/O RAM KRIPAL KUNWAR 106. SESHWAR KUNWAR S/O RAM SAGAR KUNWAR BOTH RESIDENT OF VILLAGE RAMPUR EKSHILA, P.S. UJIARPUR, DISTRICT SAMASTIPUR 107. UMA KANT CHOUDHARY S/O LATE NAND KISHORE CHOUDHARY 108. SITARAM CHAURASIYA S/O LATE DUKHKHA CHAURASIYA RESIDENT OF VILLAGE PATAILI, P.S. UJIARPUR, DISTRICT SAMASTIPUR 109. SHITANSHU KUMAR CHOUDHARY 110. HIMANSHU KUMAR CHOUDHARY MINOR SONS OF SANJAI KUMAR CHOUDHARY, UNDER GUARDIANSHIP OF HIS FATHER AND NATURAL GUARDIAN 111. FUDNI DEVI W/O RABINDRA SAH 112. MOST. DRAUPADI CHOUDHARAIN W/O LATE RAM SWARATH CHOUDHARY. 113. MANOJ KUMAR CHOUDHARY S/O LATE RAM SWARATH CHOUDHARY 114. BADRI NARAYAN CHOUDHARY S/O RAM PADARATH CHOUDHARY 115. JANKI DEVI W/O LATE ASHARFI CHOUDHARY 116. MITHILESH KUMARI W/O BAIJNATH CHOUDHARY 117. KUMUD CHOUDHARAIN 118. ARUN KUMAR CHOUDHARY 119. KAUSHLENDRA CHOUDHARY 120. ASHOK KUMAR CHOUDHARY ALL SONS OF BAIJNATH CHOUDHARY 121. RAM BALI CHOUDHARY 122. CHANDRA BALI CHOUDHARY 123. SHYAMBALI CHOUDHARY 124. NANDBALI CHOUDHARY 125. VIJAYBALI CHOUDHARY ALL SONS OF BALESHWAR CHOUDHARY ALL RESIDENT OF VILLAGE PATAILI, P.S. UJIARPUR, DIST. SAMASTIPUR. 126. RAM SAGAR KUNWAR S/O LATE PARMESHWAR KUER 127. SUNIL KUNWAR 128. SEKHAR KUNWAR 129. SUDHIR KUNWAR ALL SONS OF RAM SAGAR KUNWAR 130. MINA KUMARI W/O RAM KRIPAL KUNWAR 6 ALL RESIDENT OF VILLAGE RAMPUR EKSHILA, P.S. UJIARPUR, DISTRICT SAMASTIPUR. 131. BALDEO MAHTO S/O LATE MAKSUDAN MAHTO, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE SURAJPUR, P.S. UJAIARPUR, DISTRICT SAMASTIPUR. ….DEFENDANTS-OPPOSITE PARTY 2ND SET. For the petitioner : M/s V. Nath, Ashok Kumar and Sandip Singh, Advocates. For the opposite parties : Mr. S.S. Dwevedi, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Suresh Kr. Ishwar, Advocate. ----------- 13/ 23.02.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the opposite parties. This civil revision has been filed by the petitioner challenging order dated 22.07.2008 passed in Partition Suit No.67 of 1999 (97/2007) by which Civil Judge Senior Division, Dalsinghsarai rejected the petition filed by the petitioner under Section 4(C) of the Bihar Consolidation of Holdings and Prevention of Fragmentation Act, 1956 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act’ for the sake of brevity) in which a prayer for abatement of the suit was made. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that once a notification under Section 3 of the Act is issued, all the proceedings of a suit specially a partition suit pending before the Civil Court shall stand abated. In this connection he relies upon a decision of the Hon’ble Apex Court in case of Madan Mohan Singh and others vs. Rajni Kant and another, reported in (2010) 9 Supreme Court Cases 209, in paragraph-7 of which it has been held that the statutory authorities under the Consolidation Act 7 enjoy the powers of the Civil Court as well as the Revenue Court as all matters pending before the Civil Court stand abated once a notification of initiation of proceedings under the Consolidation Act is issued. It transpires that in the State of Bihar the consolidation proceedings were initiated several decades earlier and the consolidation authorities for one reason or the other were not deciding the matter and the claim of the parties remained in doldrums unnecessarily for very long period and the proper functioning of the Civil Courts for that reasons was affected. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances a Division Bench of this court vide its order dated 05.08.2008 passed in C.W.J.C. No.7376 of 2008 directed that the consolidation process under Section 3 of the Act, in all the districts of the State of Bihar, phase-wise or otherwise shall be completed as early as possible and in no case later than 31st December, 2010. No order of consolidation authorities has been brought on record by the petitioner although two months have passed, since the period granted by a Division Bench of this court in the aforesaid writ case has lapsed. In the aforesaid facts and circumstances, this court does not find any reason to stall the proceedings of the Civil Courts any further. Accordingly, this civil revision is dismissed. Harish (S.N. Hussain, J.)