IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC NO.16437 OF 2010 ABDUL KUDDUS, SON OF MD. JUHI, RESIDENT OF MOUZA SAPTA, POLICE STATION/ANCHAL RAHIKA, WARD NO. 10 (OLD), NEW WARD NO. 12, DISTRICT MADHUBANI ………………………………………………..PETITIONER VERSUS 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, REVENUE AND LAND REFORMS DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR, PATNA 2. THE COLLECTOR, MADHUBANI 3. THE DEPUTY COLLECTOR LAND REFORMS, SADAR MADHUBANI, DISTRICT MADHUBANI 4. THE CIRCLE OFFICER, RAHIKA, DISTRICT MADHUBANI 5. SUISHIL KUMAR MAHTHA, SON OF LATE ANANT PRASAD MAHATHA, RESIDENT OF GANDHI CHOWK BALUA, WARD NO. 10 (OLD), NEW WARD NO. 12, POLICE STATION MADHUBANI, DISTRICT MADHUBANI …………………………………………………………………….RESPONDENTS ******** 2 12/10/2010 Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that he has filed an intervention application in a proceeding under Section 4 G of the Bihar Land Reforms Act with respect to mouza Sapta, Khata No. 213, Plot No. 3083, measuring 2 bighas 1 katha and 09 dhurs. The concerned authority i.e. the Land Reforms Deputy Collector, Madhubani should consider the intervention application as well as the show cause and if it is found that the petitioner has prima facie claim to the lands in question, he should be heard by the Land Reforms Deputy Collector before any final order is passed under Section 4 G of the Bihar Land Reforms Act. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the matter is pending since 2008. The Land Reforms Deputy Collector should expedite the case at the earliest. 2 This application is accordingly disposed of with the aforesaid observations and directions. Anand ( Sheema Ali Khan, J. )