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Ghananand Jha v. The State of Bihar

Patna HC19 Jul 2023CWJC/1284/2023

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The High Court of Patna disposed of a writ petition seeking removal of encroachment from public land by granting liberty to the petitioner to approach the Circle Officer under the Bihar Public Land Encroachment Act, 1956, with instructions to file such a petition within four weeks.

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Writ petition disposed on terms granting liberty to approach Circle Officer under Bihar Public Land Encroachment Act, 1956 within four weeks.

Ghananand Jha Vs The State of Bihar — Land Acquisition | Patna HC (2023)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.1284 of 2023

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Ghananand Jha S/o- Late Vasudev Jha Resident of Village- Rajaur, Rambhadrapur, P.S.- Hathouri, District- Samastipur.

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... ... Petitioner/s

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Versus

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The State of Bihar through Principal Secretary, Revenue and Land Reforms, Patna, Bihar.

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The District Magistrate, Samastipur. 3. The Sub-Divisional Officer, Rosera, Samastipur.

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Circle Officer, Sivajinagar, Samastipur.

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... ... Respondent/s

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====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Ghanshyam Choudhary, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Mr.Raj Kishore Roy ( GP-18 ) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MOHIT KUMAR SHAH ORAL ORDER

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2 19-07-2023 1. The present writ petition has been filed

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seeking the following reliefs:-

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“1.(i) For issuance of appropriate writ in the nature of Mandamus to commanding the respondents to remove encroachment from Public land situated at Village-Rajaur Rambhadrapur baring Khata No.225 (old), 775 (new), Kheshra No. 332 and 333 (new) under Sivajinagar Block, Samastipur.”

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At the outset, the learned counsel for the petitioner seeks liberty on behalf of the petitioner

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Patna High Court CWJC No.1284 of 2023(2) dt.19-07-2023 2/2

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to approach the Circle Officer, Sivajinagar, DistrictSamastipur for redressal of his aforesaid grievance. Liberty so sought is granted.

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It is needless to state that in case the petitioner approaches the Circle Officer, Sivajinagar, District-Samastipur, by filing appropriate petition under the provisions of the Bihar Public Land Encroachment Act, 1956, within a period of four weeks from today, the same shall be considered, in accordance with law and after hearing the affected parties, appropriate orders shall be passed thereon, forthwith.

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The writ petition stands disposed off on the aforesaid terms.

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(Mohit Kumar Shah, J)

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S.Sb/-

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Ghananand Jha v. The State of Bihar

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