Ramaswami, J.

1. In this case the petitioners have obtained a rule from the High Court calling upon the respondents to show cause why the order of the Additional Sub-divisional Officer of Motihari respondent No. 3, dated the 18th December, 1955, as also the order of approval given by the Collector and Additional Collector of the district of Champaran, respondents Nos. 1 and 2, should not be called up and quashed by a writ in the nature of certio-rari. The petitioners allege that the properties mentioned in Schedule I were their kasht land and that the properties mentioned in Schedule IE were their bakasht land bill the tauzis vested in the State of Bihar by a notification issued under the Bihar Land Reforms Act.

The petitioners further claim that a mela known as Kesaria Mela, is held annually between the 15th and the 30th of the month of Poos on the lands specified in Schedules I and II. It appears that on the 18th of December, 1955, the Additional Sub-divisional Officer of Motihari settled the tolls of the mela for Rs. 14,500.00 with respondent No. 5, and this order was subsequently approved by the Additional Collector and the Collector.

The petitioners objected that the r