IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA MJC No.523 of 2011 PREM SHANKAR SINGH, SON OF SRI RATNESHWARI SINGH @ RATNESHWAR NANDAN SINGH, VILLAGE-MADHKAUL, P.S. BELSAND, DISTRICT SITAMARHI (BIHAR)…..PETITIONER. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. MR. DAYA NIDHI PANDEY, THE DISTRICT MAGISTRATE, SITAMARHI 3. MR.DR. VIDYANAND SINGH, THE SUB-DIVISIONAL MAGISTRATE, BELSAND, SITAMARHI 4. MR. PANKAJ KUMAR GUPTA, THE DISTRICT ARMS MAGISTRATE, SITAMARHI. 5. MR. RAKESH KUMAR RATHI, THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, SITAMARHI. 6. MR. ARUN KUMAR, THE SUB-DIVISIONAL POLICE OFFICER, BELSAND,SITAMARHI…..OPPOSITE PARTIES. For the petitioner : Mr. Tejendra Sinha, Advocate. For the opposite parties : Mr.Anjani Kumar Jha, AC to SC-13. ----------- 04/ 27.04.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the opposite parties. 2. This petition has been filed for initiating a proceeding of contempt against the opposite parties specially opposite party no.2, namely Daya Nidhi Pandey, District Magistrate, Sitamarhi for violating order of this court dated 24.08.2010 passed in C.W.J.C. No.783 of 2010 by which the said opposite party was to consider and decide the application of the petitioner within three months from the date of filing of the said application. The claim of the petitioner is that the said order has not been complied. 3. A show-cause has been filed on behalf of opposite party nos.2 and 3 stating that the said order of this court has been complied and an order has been passed by opposite party no.2 on 29.03.2011 during the pendency of this - 2 - petition. For the delay caused opposite party nos.2 and 3 have tendered their unqualified apologies. 4. In the aforesaid facts and circumstances, this matter is dropped and this petition is disposed of. However, the petitioner will be at liberty to challenge the said order of opposite party no.2 dated 29.03.2011 before an appropriate forum. Harish (S.N. Hussain, J.)