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Ravishankar Kumar v. The State of Bihar

Patna HC21 Dec 2023CWJC/17756/2023

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What is this about?

The petitioner sought removal of illegal vegetable market encroachments from government land in Patna. The Court directed police to remove encroachers from main and inner roads, directing them to approach the Municipal Corporation for a market if no land is available, and noted an additional respondent.

What did the court decide?

Direction to SHO to remove encrochers from roads and to PMC to allot marketplace; authorities must ensure no re-encroachment on inner roads.

Ravishankar Kumar Vs The State of Bihar — Constitutional and Fundamental Rights | Patna HC (2023)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.17756 of 2023

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Ravishankar Kumar S/o Kamleshwar Prasad Singh R/o K.P. Sarkar Road, Mithapur, P.O.-G.P.O., P.S.-Jakkanpur, Dist.-Patna, Bihar.

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... ... Petitioner/s

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Versus

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The State of Bihar through the Chief Secretary, Bihar

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The District Magistrate, Patna. Bihar.

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The Senior Superintendent of Police Patna.

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The Superintendent of Police, Traffic, Patna.

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The Circle Officer, Patna Sadar, Patna.

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The S.H.O., Jakkanpur Police Station, Patna.

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... ... Respondent/s

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====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Rakesh Kumar Singh Mr. Gyan Shankar For the Respondent/s : Mr.Government Pleader ( 19 ) ======================================================

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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP KUMAR

ORAL ORDER

3 21-12-2023

Heard the parties.

The petitioner is permitted to add Patna Municipal Corporation as respondent No. 7.

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This application has been filed on behalf of the petitioner seeking a direction to the respondent authorities to remove the encroachment and illegal vegetable market from the government land and road from the Mithapur area of Patna.

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Pursuant to the earlier order of this Court dated 19.12.2023, the SHO, Jakkanpur has appeared in the Court and has assured this Cout that he will take all suitable and possible steps to remove the encroachment from the road as has been contended by the learned counsel for the petitioner.

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Patna High Court CWJC No.17756 of 2023(3) dt.21-12-2023 2/2

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Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the encroachers are now shifting from the main road to the inner roads and are creating encroachment there which is causing trouble for the general public.

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It is for the SHO, Jakkanpur to see that the encroachers do not encroach the inner roads also and if they do not have any place for doing their business the encroachers are directed to approach the Patna Municipal Corporation for alloting them a market place for doing their business but the encroachers should not use the main road and the inner roads of Jakkanpur to do their business.

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In case, the orders of this Court are violated by the Police and the Patna Municipal Corporation, the petitioner may approach this Court again.

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With the aforesaid directions, this application is disposed of.

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(Sandeep Kumar, J)

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Vikas/-

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Ravishankar Kumar v. The State of Bihar

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