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Shankar Kumar, v. The State of Bihar

Patna HC23 Jan 2023CWJC/4546/2022

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What is this about?

This court disposed of a writ petition regarding alleged encroachment on public land. Unable to ascertain facts due to lack of instructions from the petitioner and pending title suits, the court directed parties to file an appeal before the District Magistrate/Collector and directed a reasoned order within six weeks.

What did the court decide?

The writ petition is disposed of. An appeal must be filed before the District Magistrate, Muzaffarpur, who must pass a reasoned order within six weeks.

Shankar Kumar, Vs The State of Bihar — Civil Procedure and Limitation | Patna HC (2023)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.4546 of 2022

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Shankar Kumar, son of Late Hari Narayan Prasad, Resident of Village and P.O.-Chhajan, Hari Shankar, West, Police Station-Kudhani (Turki O.P.), District-Muzaffarpur.

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... ... Petitioner/s

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Versus

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The State of Bihar Bihar.

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The Commissioner, Tirhut Division, Muzaffarpur.

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The District Magistrate cum Collector, District Muzaffarpur.

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The Senior Superintendent of Police, District-Muzaffarpur.

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The Sub Divisional Officer, Muzaffarpur West, District-Muzaffarpur.

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The Deputy Collector, Land Reforms, Muzaffarpur West, DistrictMuzaffarpur.

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The Circle Officer, Circle Kudhani, District-Muzaffarpur.

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The Officer in Charge, Police Station-Kudhani, (Turki O.P.) DistrictMuzaffarpur.

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Raj Kishore Sah, son of Late Ramashray Sah, Resident of Village-Chhajan, Harishankar, Police Station-Kudhani (Turki O.P.) District-Muzaffarpur.

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Sanjay Kumar, son of Ram Narain Sah, Resident of Village-Chhajan, Harishankar, Police Station-Kudhani (Turki O.P.) District-Muzaffarpur.

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... ... Respondent/s

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Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Upendra Kumar Chaubey, Advocate For the State : Mr.Sajid Salim Khan ( Sc 25 ) For respondent no.10 : Mr. Dronacharya, Sr. Advocate Mr. Ram Shankar Kumar, Advocate ======================================================

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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH ORAL ORDER

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3 23-01-2023 Heard Mr. Upendra Kumar Chaubey, learned counsel appearing on behalf of petitioner, Mr. Dronacharya, learned Senior Counsel appearing on behalf of respondent no.10 and Mr. Sajid Salim Khan, learned SC-25 appearing for the State.

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Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted that he has not received any instruction

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Patna High Court CWJC No.4546 of 2022(3) dt.23-01-2023 2/3

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from his client as to whether the encroachment made on Khata No. 2720 Plot no. 11300, which has been recorded in revisional survey as road, has been removed by the State authority.

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Mr. Sajid Salim Khan, learned SC-25 appearing on behalf of respondent Nos. 1 to 8 submitted that he is also required to seek instruction to that effect.

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Sri Dronacharya, learned Senior Counsel appearing on behalf of respondent no.10 informs this Court that he has filed counter affidavit in the present case and have stated that with respect to the land in question Title Suit No. 539 of 2021 is pending and he has also filed Title Suit No. 216 of 2022 with respect to One decimal of land, which has been incorrectly mapped in the name of Bihar Sarkar. All the Title Suits are pending in the Court of learned Sub-Judge-I, West Muzaffarpur. The respondent No.10 also filed Encroachment Appeal No. 05 of 2021-22 before the Collector, Muzaffarpur under the provision of Section 11 of the Bihar Public Land Encroachment Act, 1956 against the order passed in Encroachment Case No. 3 of 2021-22.

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At this stage, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State submitted that if the petitioner is aggrieved by any act of the Circle Officer, Kudhani, he may file appeal before the

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Patna High Court CWJC No.4546 of 2022(3) dt.23-01-2023 3/3

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Collector with respect to any public road, which has been encroached by the respondent No.10 and the encroachment has not been removed till date.

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Considering the rival submission of the parties, the present writ petition is disposed of with a direction that the aggrieved parties may file their respective Appeal against the order of the Circle Officer before the District Magistrate, Muzaffarpur. The District Magistrate-cum-Collector, Muzaffarpur to give proper opportunity of hearing to the parties and after entertaining the petition filed on behalf of the petitioner, he is directed to dispose of the appeal by passing a reasoned order within a period of six weeks from the date of production of the order.

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With the above observations and directions, the present writ application stands disposed of.

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(Purnendu Singh, J)

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manish/-

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