IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.17856 of 2010 GAYATRI KUER, w/o Late Radhey Shyam Tiwary, resident of village-Gopalpur, P.S.-Kargahar, District-Rohtas.. Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. District Magistrate, Rohtas at Sasaram 3. Circle Officer, Kargahar, Rohtas 4. Deputy Collector Land Reforma, Rohtas, Sasaram 5. Additional Collector, Rohtas, Sasaram 6. Parvati Devi, w/o Surendra Pandey, resident of village-Kande Simaria, P.S.-Kochas at present Village-Gopalpur, P.S.- Kargahar, District-Rohtas, Sasaram. .. Respondents ----------- 02/ 29-10-2010 Heard learned counsel for the parties. The petitioner is aggrieved by the order of the Additional Collector dated 30-06-2010 passed in Mutation Revision No.46 of 2009 in which the Additional Collector has held that since the persons in whose name Jamabandi was running died and since civil suit is pending between the parties, the mutation should be done after decision of the civil suit. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the Additional Collector is not the authority to decide the revision application under Section 16 of the Bihar Tenants’ Holdings (Maintenance of Records) Act ,1973 (hereinafter referred to as `the Act’). The language of Section 16 of the Act is that the matter is to be decided by the Collector of the district. In the circumstances, I quash the order dated 30-06-2010 and remand the same before the Collector of the district, who shall dispose of the same within a period of three months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. The petitioner is directed to appear before the Collector, 2 Rohtas at Sasaram within a period of six weeks on receipt of a copy of this order. I am aware of the fact that the private respondent no.6 should be given notice but in order to save the Court’s time and save time and energy of the respondent this Court is remanding the matter. The petitioner is directed to file a revision within a period of six weeks on receipt of this order. This writ application is disposed of with the above observations/directions. A.H./ ( Sheema Ali Khan, J. )