1. Heard.

2. The present application has been filed by the petitioners for quashing the order of the Commissioner, Bhagalpur Division as endorsed on the application of intervener dated 20-12-2006 (Annexure-9) and consequential communication thereof from the office of the Commissioner to the Collector and Additional Collector, Banka being communication dated 21-12-2006, as contained in Annexure-9/a. By the aforesaid impugned orders, the settlement of the right to collect rent of Bounsi Mela on behalf of the State which was settled with the petitioners has been ordered to be cancelled and the steps are ordered to be taken for fresh settlement. When the matter was taken up for admission, an intervention was sought to be made on behalf of Nikhil Bahadur Singh and Amar Kumar Singh who professed that it was on their initiative and on their application that the Commissioner had rightly set aside the settlement. They, as such, sought leave to intervene in the matter and file a counter-affidavit justifying the necessity of setting aside the settlement made in favour of the petitioners. This was permitted and that is how this case is being taken up now with the consent of all the par