IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA FA No.207 of 1988 1. Jai Prakash Sah, 2. Arvind Sah, 3. Bimal Sah, 4. Binod Sah, 5. Bijoy Sah, All sons of Late Ramji Sah, residents of village-Mirganj, P.S.-Begusarai, District-Begusarai. 6. Smt. Prema Devi, D/o-Late Ramji Sah & W/o-Bishwanath Sao, residence of Mohalla-Ganipur Atardah, P.S.-Kazi Mohammadpur, District- Muzaffarpur. 7. Smt. Rajo Devi, D/o-Late Ramji Sah & W/o-Bindeshwari Sao, R/o- Kachchi-Pakki, P.S.- P.S.-Kazi Mohammadpur, District-Muzaffarpur. VERSUS 1. (a) Smt. Jasoda Devi , widow of Late Paras Nath Sah, (b) Batoran Sah, (c) Ranjit Kumar, Both sons of Late Paras Nath Sah. (d) Smt. Sunita Devi, (e) Smt. Punita Devi, (f) Smt. Mirdula Devi, (g) Smt. Dharmshila Devi, (h) Smt. Rani Devi, All daughters of Late Paras Nath Sah, residents of village/Mauza-Pipra Faziullah, P.O.-Dumari, P.S.-Begusarai, District-Begusarai. 2. Prithvi Nath Sah, S/o-Megnath Sah. 3. Jagdish Sah, 4. Ramchandra Sah, 5. Bhola Sah, All sons of Late Garbhu Sah. 6. Mostt. Deoki Devi, widow of Late Mani Lal Sah. 7. Narain Sah, 8. Shiv Kumar Sah, 9. Ram Kumar Sah, All sons of Late Mani Lal Sah. 10. Smt. Urmila Devi, W/o-Upendra Sah & D/o-Late Mani Lal Sah. All (respondent nos. 2 to 10) residents of village/Mauza- Pipra Faziullah, P.O.-Dumari, P.S.-Begusarai, District-Begusarai. 11. Smt. Radha Devi, W/o-Ramchandra Sah & D/o-Late Garbhu Sah, 12. Smt. Fulia Devi, W/o-Ramchandra Sah & D/o-Late Garbhu Sah, All residents of village/Mauza- Pipra Faziullah, P.O.-Dumari, P.S.- Begusarai, District-Begusarai. 13. Mostt. Parwat Devi, widow of Late Ayodhya Sah. 14. Shankar Sah, son of Ayodhya Sah. - 2 - 15. Ram Sah, 16. Shyam Sah, Both sons of Shankar Sah, All (respondent nos.13 to 16) are residents of Mouza Mirganj, P.O., P.S. & District-Begusarai. ----------- 18 21.01.2010 The appeal was called out for final hearing, having listed as the first zero item. As per order dated 1.05.2009 that order would show that the appellant has not been taking interest in prosecuting the appeal on several consecutive dates over the past two years, even today noone is present. Mr. Rajendra Kishore Prasad, learned Advocate appears for the some of the contesting respondents and points out that though the litigation is primarily between agnates and the plaintiff is the appellant, several respondents have died quite some time back but no steps have been taken for substitution in respect of those dead respondents as well. In my view, the previous order sheets clearly show that the appellant does not appear to be serious about prosecuting the appeal. There is no point in keeping the appeal pending any longer and, as such, is dismissed for non-prosecution. Trivedi ( Navaniti Prasad Singh, J. )