IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.15149 of 2004 Uma Kant Pathak, S/o Late Anup Lal Pathak, R/o Mohalla- Topkhana Bazar, P.S.-Kotwali, P.O.-Munger, District-Munger. …… Petitioner. Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through the Commissioner-Cum-Secretary, Department of Mines, Bihar, Bihar, Patna. 2. The Director, Department of Mines, Bihar Patna. 3. The Deputy Director of Mines-Cum-Certficate Officer, Bhagalpur. 4. The District Magistrate, Munger. 5. The District Mining Officer, Munger. 6. The Mines Inspector, Mining Office, Munger. 7. The District Certificate Officer, Munger. …. Respondents. ----------- 5. 14.12.2010 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner. 2. This writ petition has been filed for quashing the entire proceeding of Certificate Case No. 15/1998-99 pending in the court of Certificate Officer, Mines, Bhagalpur Circle, Bhagalpur and for other ancillary reliefs. 3. Since the certificate proceeding is of the year 1998- 99 whereafter notices were issued and the authorities had taken substantial steps in the said proceeding, there appears to be no point in the instant case to continue with this writ petition as the certificate proceeding has to be expediently decided by the Certificate Officer without any further delay in accordance with law. 4. In the said circumstances, this writ petition is disposed of with a liberty to the petitioner to challenge the final order as and when passed in the aforesaid certificate case before the appropriate Forum. Sujit (S.N.Hussain, J.)