IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.5387 of 2017 ====================================================== Raksha Bhagat S/o of Late Rajdhani Bhagat @ Rajdhani Singh, R/o Village- Baleshara Briti Tola, P.S.-Uchkagaon, District-Gopalganj, do Hereby Solemnly Affirm as State as Follows- ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. The Additional Member Board of Revenue Bihar, Patna. 3. The Commissioner, Saran Division, Chapra. 4. The Collector, Gopalganj 5. THe Sub-Divisional Officer, Cum-Deputy Collector Land Reforms, Hathuwan District-Gopalganj. 6. Sri Kishun Singh @ Sri Krishna Singh, Son of Babu Ram Singh, Resident of Village-Balsara, Brititola, P.S. Uchakagaon, District-Gopalganj. 7. Ramanand Singh @ Bengali Singh, Son of Rajdhari Singh, R/o Baleshra, Briti Tola, District-Gopalganj. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Amir Alam For the Respondent/s : Mr.Rishi Raj Sinha- Sc19 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NAWNEET KUMAR PANDEY ORAL ORDER 4 21-01-2025 Heard the parties. 2. Right to pre-emption provided in Section 16(3) of the Bihar Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling Area and Acquisition of Surplus Land) Act, 1961 has been taken away by the repealing Act No. 06 of 2019 and vide newly added Sections 16(1) (4(i), all the pending proceedings stand abated. 3. In view of aforesaid, the writ application has become infructuous. Accordingly, it is dismissed as infructuous. Patna High Court CWJC No.5387 of 2017(4) dt.21-01-2025 2/2 4. However, the statutory amount of 10% deposited by the pre-emptor shall be refunded within a period of four months from the date of application to the concerned authority. HR/- (Nawneet Kumar Pandey, J) U