Ashwani Kumar Singh, J.

1. The present criminal writ application has been filed by the petitioner for commanding the respondents to provide lawful protection to the properties held and possessed by him which is under the threat of anti-social elements.

2. The writ application has been filed by Sri Lakshmi Narayan Trust @ Chorout Math (for short 'the trust') through its trustee Anand Kand Das.

3. It is submitted by Mr. Siya Ram Shahi, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner that the trustee Anand Kand Das succeeded as Mahanth after death of his Guru Mahant Shayam Narayan Das in 2005. The trust has vast property and there are 11 deities installed in various temples and situated at different places, i.e., Sitamarhi and Madhubani. It is submitted that after final publication under Section 11(1) of the Ceiling Act, in L.C. Appeal Case No. 6/1984, the Collector, Sitamarhi held that the erstwhile Mahanth late Shayam Narayan Das was entitled to retain one unit for himself as Shebait and six units for the deities equivalent to 210 acres of Class IV land and declared 154.73 acres of land of the trust as surplus which was later on distributed to landless persons. After the order o