Shambhu Prasad Singh, J.

1. The State of Bihar (hereinafter referred to as the State) filed Title Suit No. 16 of 1961 in the Court of the Subordinate Judge, Hazaribagh (hereinafter referred to as the Court below). The main reliefs claimed in the suit were that the entire property of Raja Kamakhya Narain Singh of Ramgarh including Kedla, Jharkhand and Rauta coal mines (with which we are concerned in these three cases, the civil revision and the two writ applications), vested in the plaintiff-State under the Bihar Land Reforms Act free from all encumbrances and that conveyances by the Raja of Ramgarh in favour of the defendants of the suit including the petitioner of the civil revision (defendant No. 9 in the suit) -- hereinafter referred to as the petitioner -- were fraudulent, sham, colourable and void being in contravention of law and that leases and subleases mentioned in the plaint were also colourable and farzi. A relief for permanently restraining the defendant including the petitioner from working the mines or obtaining any minerals directly or indirectly was also claimed. The State made an application for appointment of a receiver of the suit properties. By order dat