IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.693 of 2009 ====================================================== Ram Chandra Mahto, son of Late Raghunath Mahto, resident of Village- Gularia , Police Station- Gopalpur, District- West Champaran .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. The Collector, West Champaran at Bettiah 3. The Additional Collector ( Ceiling), West Champaran, Bettiah 4. The Anchal Adhikari, Sikta at & P.O. Sikta, District- West Champaran 5. Smt. Rekha Devi, wife of late Jeeweshwar Jha, resident of Village- Turhapatti, Tola Barharwa, Police Station & Anchal- Chanpatia, District- West Champaran .... .... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Uma Kant Shukla Mr. Rajesh Ranjan I Mr. Shakti Suman Kumar For the Respondent/s : Mr. Ajay (Sc(C)3) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR ORAL ORDER --------------- 2 16-05-2013 Heard Sri Uma Kant Shukla, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.C. to A.A.G. No.11. The present writ petition has been filed for quashing of notification issued by the Collector, West Champaran, by which land of the petitioner has been declared as surplus and acquired under the Bihar Land Reforms ( Fixation of Ceiling Area and Acquisition of Surplus Land) Act, 1961. Though the writ petition was filed in the year, 2009, till date no order has been passed for issuance of notice to the private Respondent. During the pendency of the present writ petition, an Patna High Court CWJC No.693 of 2009 (2) dt.16-05-2013 2 / 2 2 appropriate forum as Land Tribunal has been constituted and is functioning under the provision of Bihar Land Tribunal Act, 2009. The Court is of the opinion that the matter can well be adjudicated by the land tribunal. Accordingly, in view of provision contained in Section 15 of the Bihar Land Tribunal Act, the Registry is directed to transmit the record of the case to the land tribunal forthwith. NKS/- (Rakesh Kumar, J)